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Subject: Chemical Equations
Category: Science > Chemistry
Asked by: bogie12-ga
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Posted: 29 Jul 2004 21:47 PDT
Expires: 28 Aug 2004 21:47 PDT
Question ID: 381138

Where can I find a valid chemical equation for the conversion of
codeine to morphine in the body?

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Subject: Re: Chemical Equations
From: purkinje-ga on 29 Jul 2004 22:21 PDT

Only about 10% of codeine is converted to morphine (by the P450 CYP2D6
liver enzyme). This happens by the methoxy group at carbon 3 being
converted to a hyrdoxy group.

Subject: Re: Chemical Equations
From: dr_bob-ga on 30 Jul 2004 08:45 PDT

http://edoc.hu-berlin.de/dissertationen/gaikovitch-elena-a-2003-07-14/HTML/chapter1.html

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