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What is a narceine?

What is a narceine? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (pharmacy) An alkaloid contained in opium, occurring as fine white, silky crystals, slightly soluble in water, used as a substitute for morphine.
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On boiling the filtered solution, to expel the ammonia, and evaporating the liquid, crystals of narceine are gradually deposited.
If on a saturated solution of narceine a particle of iodine is strewn, fine needle-like grey crystals form around the iodine.
The precipitates produced in solutions of narceine and codeine are crystalline and very characteristic.
Papaverine, laudanosine, narcotine, and narceine are four other alkaloids found in opium.

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