Abstract
Morphine is the chief active ingredient of crude opium, the dried sap of the poppy Papaver somniferum. The drug has pronounced actions on both the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system, and is clinically useful as an analgesic and antitussant, and in the control of diarrhea. It is also a powerful narcotic which is widely abused for its euphoric qualities, often resulting in drug addiction.
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Akil H, Watson SJ, Young E, Lewis ME, Khachaturian H, Walker JM (1984): Endogenous opioids: Biology and function. Annu Rev Neurosci 7: 223–255.
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Egan, T.M. (1989). Morphine. In: Abnormal States of Brain and Mind. Readings from the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience . Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6768-8_35
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