著者

ツェンク M. H. 田端 守

出版者

日本生薬学会

雑誌

生薬學雜誌 (ISSN:13403443)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.50, no.2, pp.86-102, 1996-04-20

被引用文献数

2

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This review includes the history of opium in Europe, China, and Japan, isolation of morphine, and subsequent synthesis of heroin, and the re-evaluation of morphine as an unsurpassed analgesic, with reference to its medicinal, cultural and political impacts upon human societies. Also, the emphases are made on the drug abuse, narcotics control problems and medical treatment of drug addicts. Furthermore, the review refers to the latest information about the whole process of morphine biosynthesis and the present situation of opium production.