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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Anesth Analg. 2012 Jul 19;115(4):797–804. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e3182645dfd

Table 2.

Morphine metabolite ratios in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma.*

SOURCE GROUP
M3G/MOR M6G/MOR M6G/M3G
CSF 0.00058 ± 0.0011 0.00011 ± 0.00003 0.159 ± 0.038
PLASMA 13.9 ± 1.68 2.48 ± 0.30 0.16 ± 0.04
*

Mean ± SEM of all patients.

MOR = morphine

M3G = morphine 3 glucuronide

M6G = morphine 6 glucuronide