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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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  1. 1

    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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Examples

  • 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.