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Narceine is an opium alkaloid produced by the Papaver somniferum (opium poppy) plant.^[1] It is a bitter, crystalline compound with narcotic effects.^{[citation needed]} It was formerly used as a substitute for morphine.^{[medical citation needed]} Its name is derived from the Greek νάρκη (nárkē), meaning numbness, and the postfix -ine referring to an alkaloid.

References

^ van Itallie, L. (1946). "Investigations on poppies". Annales Pharmaceutiques Françaises. 4: 156–160.

[1] van Itallie, L. (1946). "Investigations on poppies". Annales Pharmaceutiques Françaises. 4: 156–160.

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Opium components
Alkaloids	16-Hydroxythebaine Berberine Canadine Codamine Coptisine Coreximine Cycloartenone Cyclolaudenol Dehydroreticuline Dihydrosanguinarine Glaucine Isoboldine Isocorypalmine Laudanidine Magnoflorine Narceine Narceinone Norlaudanosoline Norsanguinarine Oripavine Oxysanguinarine Palaudine Papaverrubine B (O-methyl-porphyroxine) Papaverrubine C (epiporphyroxine) Reticuline Salutaridine (sinoacutine) Sanguinarine Scoulerine Somniferine Stepholidine
Morphine group (Phenanthrenes. Includes opioids)	Codeine Morphine Narcotoline Neopine Perparin Papaverrubine D (porphyroxine) Pseudocodeine Pseudomorphine Thebaine
Isoquinolines	Cotarnine Eupaverine Hydrocotarnine Laudanosine Laudanine Noscapine (narcotine) Papaverine Papaveraldine Xanthaline
Protopine group	α-Allocryptopine Corycavamine Corycavine Cryptopine Protopine
Tetrahydroprotoberberine group	Corydaline Corybulbine Isocorybulbine Capaurine
Aporphine group	Dicentrine Glaucine Corytuberine Cularine Corydine Isocorydine Bulbocapnine
Phtalide-isoquinolines	Adulmine Bicuculline Bicucine Corlumine
α-Naphthaphenanthridines	Chelidonine β-Homochelidonoine Chelerythrine Sanguinarine
Other components	Meconic acid Cycloartenol

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