Buprenorphine

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000956",
  "term": "Buprenorphine",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A derivative of the opioid alkaloid thebaine that is a more potent and longer lasting analgesic than morphine. It appears to act as a partial agonist at mu and kappa opioid receptors and as an antagonist at delta receptors. The lack of delta-agonist activity has been suggested to account for the observation that buprenorphine tolerance may not develop with chronic use.",
  "synonyms": [
    "buprenorphine hydrochloride"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "analgesics",
    "opium alkaloids"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2012",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "buprenorfina"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/buprenorphine/"
}