Question

The correct representation of the alkaloids obtained from Opium is:

• A. Morphine > Codeine > Thebaine
• B. Morphine < Codeine < Thebaine
• C. Morphine > Codeine < Thebaine
• D. Morphine < Codeine < Nicotine

Answer 1

The correct option is A Morphine > Codeine > Thebaine

Only five of these alkaloids account for virtually all of the quantitative alkaloid content in opium, including: the morphine (8-17 percent), codeine (0.7-5 percent), and thebaine (0.1 -2.5 percent); the benzylisoquinoline papaverine (0.5-1.5 percent); and the phthalideisoquinoline noscapine (narcotine)(1-10 percent).

So, the answer is option A.