@inbook{651711fd0aa94575bd9b6636af4c9767,
title = "Morphine alkaloids: History, biology, and synthesis",
abstract = "This chapter provides a short overview of the history of morphine since it's isolation by Sert{\"u}rner in 1805. The biosynthesis of the title alkaloid as well as all total and formal syntheses of morphine and codeine published after 1996 are discussed in detail. The last section of this chapter provides a detailed overview of medicinally relevant derivatives of the title alkaloid.",
keywords = "Alkaloids, Analgesia, Codeine, Medicinal derivatives, Morphine, Opioids, Opium, Total synthesis, Biology, alkaloid, codeine, morphine, biology",
author = "C. Wicks and T. Hudlicky and U. Rinner",
note = "Funding Information: The Hudlicky group members are grateful to the following agencies for financial support of work related to opiate synthesis: Mallinckrodt (1992–1994); National Science Foundation (1994–2002); ACS Petroleum Research Fund (2002–2005); Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (2003 to date); Canada Research Chairs Program 2003 to date); Canada Foundation for Innovation; TDC Research, Inc.; TDC Research Foundation; Ontario Partnership for Innovation and Commercialization; Advanced Biomanufacturing Centre (Brock University, 2013 to date); Noramco, Inc. (2006–2016). The authors thank all the students and postdocs who worked on morphinan-related projects since 1992; their names are listed in the relevant citations. UR is grateful to the IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems for financial support. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Elsevier Inc.",
year = "2021",
month = sep,
day = "21",
doi = "10.1016/bs.alkal.2021.04.001",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780128246184",
volume = "86",
series = "Alkaloids: Chemistry and Biology",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
pages = "145--342",
editor = "Hans-Joachim Kn{\"o}lker",
booktitle = "Alkaloids",
}