Opium

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"Opium" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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The air-dried exudate from the unripe seed capsule of the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum, or its variant, P. album. It contains a number of alkaloids, but only a few - MORPHINE; CODEINE; and PAPAVERINE - have clinical significance. Opium has been used as an analgesic, antitussive, antidiarrheal, and antispasmodic.

Descriptor ID	D009892
MeSH Number(s)	D20.215.784.500.534
Concept/Terms	Opium Opium Papaveretum Papaveretum Omnopon Omnopon Roche Brand of Papaveretum Pantopon Pantopon

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Complex Mixtures [D20]
Biological Agents [D20.215]
Plant Preparations [D20.215.784]
Plant Extracts [D20.215.784.500]
Opium [D20.215.784.500.534]

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