Kratom and Other Mitragynines: The Chemistry and Pharmacology of Opioids from a Non-Opium Source

Kratom and Other Mitragynines: The Chemistry and Pharmacology of Opioids from a Non-Opium Source
ISBN-10
1482225190
ISBN-13
9781482225198
Category
Medical
Pages
366
Language
English
Published
2014-10-29
Publisher
CRC Press
Author
Robert B. Raffa

Description

Opioids such as morphine, codeine, and oxycodone are extracts or analogs isolated from a single source: the opium poppy. For a long time, it was believed to be nature's only source of opioids. But it now appears that biological diversity has evolved an alternative source of opioid compounds-those derived from the plant Mitragyna speciosa. This plan

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