Definition of Papaverine

1. Noun. An alkaloid medicine (trade name Kavrin) obtained from opium; used to relax smooth muscles; it is nonaddictive.

Exact synonyms: Kavrin
Generic synonyms: Muscle Relaxant
Language type: Trade Name

Definition of Papaverine

1. n. An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine.

Definition of Papaverine

1. Noun. A non-addictive derivative of opium used in medicine to relieve muscle spasms, as a vasodilator and in some forms of erectile dysfunction. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Papaverine

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Papaverine

1. An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Papaverine

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papalty
papaphilia
papaphobia
paparazza
paparazze
paparazzi
paparazzification
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paparchies
paparchy
papas
papaver
papaveraceous
papaveretum
papaverine (current term)
papaverines
papaverous
papavers
papaw
papaw tree
papaws
papaya
papaya family
papaya juice
papaya tree
papayan
papayas
papayotin
papboat

Literary usage of Papaverine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Laboratory manual for the detection of poisons and powerful drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth (1921)
"Convert papaverine oxalate into the hydrochloride by treatment with calcium chloride and then ... This product crystallized from alcohol is pure papaverine. ..."

2. Laboratory Manual for the Detection of Poisons and Powerful Drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth, William Homer Warren (1915)
"To remove the latter, prepare the acid jj jj oxalate of papaverine ... Convert papaverine oxalate water until it dissolves in concentrated sulphuric jj £ Q ..."

3. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1866)
"This last body is washed with water and boiled with ether, from which papaverine crystallises on cooling. — A simpler plan is to dry the brown resin over ..."

4. Laboratory manual for the detection of poisons and powerful drugs by Wilhelm Autenrieth (1921)
"Convert papaverine oxalate into the hydrochloride by treatment with calcium chloride and then ... This product crystallized from alcohol is pure papaverine. ..."

5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"papaverine is a weak base and is much less toxic than either codeine, ... papaverine is distinguished from the other of the more important opium alkaloids ..."

6. Poisons: Their Effects and Detection by Alexander Wynter Blyth, Meredith Wynter Blyth (1906)
"papaverine gives no crystalline sublimate. The melting-point of pure samples in a tube ... Diluted solutions of salts of papaverine aro not precipitated by ..."

7. Recent Advances in Organic Chemistry by Alfred Walter Stewart (1911)
"The constitution of papaverine is therefore— 2. The Synthesis of papaverine. The synthesis of papaverine has recently been carried out by Pictet and Gams.1 ..."

8. Poisons, Their Effects and Detection: A Manual for the Use of Analytical by Alexander Wynter Blyth (1885)
"papaverine may be assumed to be present if a substance is separated, ... Claude Bernard ranked papaverine with the convulsants ; probably the papaverine he ..."

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