Roemeria refracta of Turkish origin has yielded a new morphinandienone, (-)-noramurine (1), together with the known (-)-amurine [2] and (+)-flavinantine [3], all incorporating the S configuration at C-9. In the ¹H-nmr spectra of 2,3-dioxygenated morphinandienones, the most downfield resonance belongs to the aromatic H-4 on ring A.