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. 2018 May 16;16(5):e05243. doi: 10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5243

Table 12.

Percentagea of the opium alkaloid to the sum of morphine, codeine and thebaine per sample

Substance Origin N Percentagea of the opium alkaloid to the sum
Mean Min P25 Median P75 P95 Max
Morphine High‐morphine 119 50.6 0.13 6.6 70.0 80.0 97.6 98.5
Low‐morphine 935 76.4 28.4 71.0 78.5 83.8 91.7 97.4
Unknown 143 77.3 22.6 74.3 79.8 84.4 92.2 97.1
Total 1,197 73.9 0.13 70.3 78.0 83.9 92.6 98.5
Codeine High‐morphine 119 8.88 0.1 0.7 4.0 10.6 19.9 92.6
Low‐morphine 935 11.6 0.8 8.1 10.5 13.9 22.7 35.7
Unknown 143 11.6 1.7 6.7 9.3 12.9 32.0 52.7
Total 1,197 11.3 0.1 7.6 10.2 13.5 22.8 92.6
Thebaine High‐morphine 119 40.5 1.26 9.7 19.2 89.4 98.6 99.4
Low‐morphine 935 12.1 0.12 6.8 10.5 15.9 26.0 58.0
Unknown 143 11.1 < 0.1 6.4 10.0 14.2 24.7 32.6
Total 1,197 14.8 < 0.1 6.8 10.8 16.6 37.2 99.4

N: number of samples; Max: maximum; Min: minimum; P: percentile.

a

Calculated by dividing the opium alkaloid upper bound concentration by the sum of the upper bound concentration of morphine, codeine and thebaine, per sample morphine upper bound concentration. Concentrations were expressed as mmol/kg.