Salutaridine, also known as floripavine,[1] is an alkaloid that is present in the morphinian alkaloid pathway of opium poppy.

Its biosynthetic precursor is the alkaloid (R)-reticuline.

(R)-Reticuline is converted to salutaridine by the enzyme salutaridine synthase.

Salutaridine is converted to salutaridinol by the enzyme salutaridine reductase (SalR), with the reduction of NADPH to NADP+.

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