The main component of opium is-

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Morphine. Opium is a narcotic drug obtained from the unripe seedpods (or fruit) of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum), a plant of the family Papaveraceae. The pharmacologically active principles of opium reside in its alkaloids, the most important of which, morphine, it constitutes about 10 percent by weight of raw opium. Other active alkaloids such as papaverine and codeine are present in smaller proportions.

The main component of opium is-

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