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Buprenorphine

A semi-synthetic opioid, a partial agonist of mu receptors, created in England in the 1960s and first launched as a painkiller: today it is used for pain and in the treatment of opioid dependence. This family brings together the active ingredient, pharmacopoeial impurities, metabolites, labelled standards and other impurities.

Did you know?It is made from thebaine, an alkaloid of the opium poppy, and belongs to the orvinols, the family of molecules studied in the 1960s by the group of the chemist K. W. Bentley.

BuprenorphineGo to the active ingredient →
BuprenorphineActive ingredientBuprenorphineCat. No. P-B142-001CAS 52485-79-7

EDQM standards 3

The official European Pharmacopoeia standards for this family.

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