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Which of the following is an opioid drug?
Which of the following is an opioid drug?
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The correct option is B Heroin
Opioids are the drugs which bind to specific opioid receptors present in the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract. Heroin, commonly called smack is chemically diacetylmorphine which is white, odourless, bitter crystalline compound and is obtained by acetylation of morphine extracted from the leaves of poppy plant Papaver somniferum.So the correct option is 'Heroin'
Opioids are the drugs which bind to specific opioid receptors present in the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract. Heroin, commonly called smack is chemically diacetylmorphine which is white, odourless, bitter crystalline compound and is obtained by acetylation of morphine extracted from the leaves of poppy plant Papaver somniferum.
So the correct option is 'Heroin'
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