Kratom and Other Mitragynines: The Chemistry and Pharmacology of Opioids from a Non-Opium Source

Name: Kratom and Other Mitragynines: The Chemistry and Pharmacology of Opioids from a Non-Opium Source
Rating: 4.352941036224365 (17 reviews)

Robert B. Raffa

Oct 2014 · CRC Press

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Opioids such as morphine, codeine, and oxycodone are extracts or analogs isolated from a single source: the opium poppy. For a long time, it was believed to be nature's only source of opioids. But it now appears that biological diversity has evolved an alternative source of opioid compounds-those derived from the plant Mitragyna speciosa. This plan

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4.4

17 reviews

Bryan Wood

August 11, 2017

I wish I had an extra $112 laying around id buy without thought. Unfortunately I don't and this book isn't available at my library and the few libraries that do carry it won't lend it in there lending program. I guess ill have to wait years till it becomes reasonable or download a bootleg copy (for free) on line :(

13 people found this review helpful

Gina Veloso

July 26, 2017

I wish this book is free in Philippines my country ,kratom are not so popular just bought 5 seedlings for only 15$ I can buy leaves too per kilo for only 8$ I wish I could get this book I can learn more about kratom specially I have access with kratom,pls make this book free even for a short time

10 people found this review helpful

A Google user

March 8, 2018

I am trying to get healthy. If I had money to spend on something like this book, I would not be googling stuff. Waste of time looking at this.

2 people found this review helpful

About the author

Robert B. Raffa is a professor of pharmacology in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Temple University School of Pharmacy as well as a research professor in the Department of Pharmacology at Temple University School of Medicine. He has bachelor's degrees in chemical engineering and in physiological psychology, master's degrees in biomedical engineering and toxicology, and a doctorate in pharmacology. Dr. Raffa was co-leader for analgesics discovery at Johnson & Johnson and was pivotal in the elucidation of the mechanism of action and development of the analgesic drug tramadol (Ultram ). He is the co-holder of several patents, including the combination of tramadol plus acetaminophen (Ultracet ). He has published more than 280 scientific articles in peer-reviewd journals and is the co-author or editor of several books.

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