Morphine, the first active alkaloid extracted from…

1817 CE

Morphine, the first active alkaloid extracted from the opium poppy plant, discovered by Friedrich Sertürner in December 1804 in Paderborn, Germany, is first marketed to the general public by Sertürner and Company in 1817 as an analgesic and as a treatment for opium and alcohol addiction.

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