narcotine

(ˈnɑːkəˌtiːn)

(Pharmacology) an alkaloid derived from plants of the Papaveraceae family, used in medicine as a cough-suppressant

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papaverine, codeine, narcotine (noscopine) and narceine (although it should be noted that several other species of Papaver produce some of the same compounds).

Risk Analysis of Gene Flow from Cultivated, Addictive, Social-Drug Plants to Wild Relatives

Abstract: In the present study, in vitro enzyme inhibitory studies on cinchonidine (1), cinchonine (2), quinine (3), noscapine (narcotine, 4) and santonine (5) were carried out.

Enzyme Inhibitory and Molecular Docking Studies on Some Organic Molecules of Natural Occurrence

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