Increasing Usage of Opium Tincture for Medicinal Applications in the Pharmaceutical Industry Is Expected to Propel the Opium Tincture Market Growth
A tincture is an alcoholic extract of plant or animal material or solution of such low volatility substance. Tincture of opium which is also known as laudanum is an alcoholic herbal preparation containing approximately 10% powdered opium by weight. Opium is a highly narcotic drug acquired as dried latex that contains approximately 12% of the analgesic alkaloid morphine. It is obtained from opium poppy seeds (papaver somniferum). Opium is processed chemically to produce heroin and other synthetic opioids for medicinal...
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