morphine alkaloid

English

Noun

morphine alkaloid (plural morphine alkaloids)

1. (organic chemistry) A group of about twenty closely related compounds obtained from the dried latex that exudes from the seed capsule of the opium poppy Papaver somniferum.

Synonyms

• opium alkaloid

Related terms

• berberine
• codeine
• hydrastine
• morphine
• narceine
• narcotine
• papaverine
• sanguinarine
• thebaine