papaverine
/puh-pav-uh-reen, -er-in, puh-pey-vuh-reen, -ver-in/US // pəˈpæv əˌrin, -ər ɪn, pəˈpeɪ vəˌrin, -vər ɪn //UK // (pəˈpeɪvəˌriːn, -rɪn) //
帕帕弗林,罂粟碱,帕帕维林,帕帕弗琳
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Pharmacology.
- : a white, crystalline, nonnarcotic, alkaloidal powder, C20H21NO4, obtained from opium, but not a morphine derivative and not habit-forming or addicting, used in the treatment of spasms of involuntary muscle, especially of the stomach, bronchi, and arteries.
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Papaverine, laudanosine, narcotine, and narceine are four other alkaloids found in opium.
These compounds with iodine are decomposed by ammonia and potash, papaverine separating.
An alcoholic solution of platinic chloride also separates papaverine platin chloride in crystals.
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