Kratom and Other Mitragynines

The Chemistry and Pharmacology of Opioids from a Non-Opium Source

• Author(s): Robert B. Raffa,
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Pages: 366
• ISBN_10: 1482225190
  ISBN_13: 9781482225198
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Medical / Pharmacology , Science / Chemistry / General , Medical / General , Science / Life Sciences / General ,

Description:... Opioids such as morphine, codeine, and oxycodone are extracts or analogs isolated from a single source: the opium poppy. For a long time, it was believed to be nature's only source of opioids. But it now appears that biological diversity has evolved an alternative source of opioid compounds-those derived from the plant Mitragyna speciosa. This plan