Morphinane is a condensed heterocyclic system (phenanthrenisoquinoline) consisting of a partially hydrogenated (reduced) aromatic core of phenanthrene, some of the cycles of which simultaneously constitute tetrahydroisoquinoline. Morphinane is a condensed heterocyclic...
Given the centuries-long history of the use of opium and its alkaloids, it was only in 1973 that the presence of membrane receptors called “opioid receptors” in the CNS was experimentally proven. A little later, the first substance that stimulates...