Laudanum

Laudanum, ağırlıkça yaklaşık %10 toz halinde afyon (%1 morfine eşdeğer) içeren bir afyon tentürüdür.^[1] Laudanum, afyon haşhaşından (Papaver somniferum Linnaeus) elde edilen ekstraktların alkol (etanol) içinde çözülmesiyle hazırlanır.

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^ The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America. 10th Decennial Revision. Philadelphia, USA: J. B. Lippincott Company. 1925. s. 400. Also labeled Tr. Opii, Tinctura Opii Deodorati, Tincture of Deodorized Opium, Opii tinctura. Tincture of Opium, U.S.P, "yields, from each 100 cc, not less than 0.95 gm and not more than 1.05 gm of anhydrous morphine". Source:

[1] The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America. 10th Decennial Revision. Philadelphia, USA: J. B. Lippincott Company. 1925. s. 400. Also labeled Tr. Opii, Tinctura Opii Deodorati, Tincture of Deodorized Opium, Opii tinctura. Tincture of Opium, U.S.P, "yields, from each 100 cc, not less than 0.95 gm and not more than 1.05 gm of anhydrous morphine". Source:

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