"Morphinans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Compounds based on a partially saturated iminoethanophenanthrene, which can be described as ethylimino-bridged benzo-decahydronaphthalenes. They include some of the OPIOIDS found in PAPAVER that are used as ANALGESICS.
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D009019
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.132.577.249 D03.605.497 D03.633.400.686 D04.615.723.795
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Morphinans" by people in Profiles.
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The role of cytochrome P-450 in N-hydroxylation of 2-acetylaminofluorene. Mol Pharmacol. 1973 May; 9(3):398-404.