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Descriptor English: Opium
Descriptor Spanish: Opio
Descriptor opio
Entry term(s) Omnopon
opium (homeopatía)
papaveretum
Scope note: Exudado secado al aire de la cápsula verde de la adormidera, Papaver somniferum, o su variante, P. album. Contiene numerosos alcaloides, pero solo unos pocos -MORFINA, CODEÍNA y PAPAVERINA- revisten importancia desde el punto de vista clínico. El opio se ha utilizado como analgésico, antitusígeno, antidiarrerico y antiespasmódico.
Descriptor Portuguese: Ópio
Descriptor French: Opium
Entry term(s): Omnopon
Opium (Homeopathy)
Pantopon
Papaveretum
Tree number(s): D20.215.784.500.534
HP4.018.602.400.585
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009892
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: OPIUM DEPENDENCE is also available
Allowable Qualifiers: AA analogs & derivatives
AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
Pharm Action: Analgesics, Opioid
Antidiarrheals
Antitussive Agents
Narcotics
Registry Number: 8008-60-4
Public MeSH Note: PANTOPON was see under OPIUM 1963-79
Online Note: use OPIUM to search PANTOPON 1966-79
History Note: PANTOPON was see under OPIUM 1963-79
Related: Opiate Alkaloids MeSH
DeCS ID: 10072
Unique ID: D009892
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1960/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2018/07/01
Opium - Preferred
Concept UI M0015344
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Opium
Papaveretum - Narrower
Concept UI M0015346
Preferred term Papaveretum
Omnopon - Narrower
Concept UI M0015343
Preferred term Omnopon
Pantopon - Narrower
Concept UI M0015345
Preferred term Pantopon
Opium (Homeopathy) - Narrower
Concept UI FD00059664
Scope note Homeopathic remedy. Scientific name of plant: Papaver somniferum. Common name: Poppy. Abbreviation: "op.". Plant origin. Original habitat: Greece, Near East and Asia Minor. Parts used: latex. Note: P.S.- There is pathogenetic study for this substance.
Preferred term Opium (Homeopathy)



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