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Morphine vs Thebaine - What's the difference?

morphine | thebaine |

Thebaine is a related term of morphine.



As nouns the difference between morphine and thebaine

is that morphine is a crystalline alkaloid (7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-morphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids while thebaine is a poisonous alkaloid, paramorphine, obtained from opium; not used in medicine.

morphine

English

(wikipedia morphine)

Noun

(-)
  • A crystalline alkaloid (7,8-didehydro-4,5-epoxy-17-methyl-morphinan-3,6-diol), extracted from opium, the salts of which are soluble in water and are used as analgesics, anaesthetics and sedatives; it is one of a group of morphine alkaloids.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    See also

    * codeine * heroin

    thebaine

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia thebaine) (-)
  • (poison) A poisonous alkaloid, paramorphine , obtained from opium; not used in medicine.

    • Related terms

    *morphine *codeine