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- noun chemistry The
structural backbone of manyalkaloids with a wide variety ofstructures , includingpapaverine ,noscapine ,codeine ,morphine ,apomorphine ,berberine ,protopine andtubocurarine .
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A handful of very old plant groups, including the poppy and buttercup families, produce the class of alkaloids that morphine belongs to, called benzylisoquinoline alkaloids.
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