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Definition of alkaloid
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of alkaloid is as below...
Alkaloid
(n.) An
organic
base,
especially
one of a class of
substances
occurring
ready
formed
in the
tissues
of
plants
and the
bodies
of
animals..
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Dispoline
::
Dispoline
(n.) One of
several
isomeric
organic
bases of the
quinoline
series
of
alkaloids.
Cocaine
::
Cocaine
(n.) A
powerful
alkaloid,
C17H21NO4,
obtained
from the
leaves
of coca. It is a
bitter,
white,
crystalline
substance,
and is
remarkable
for
producing
local
insensibility
to
pain..
Ricinine
::
Ricinine
(n.) A
bitter
white
crystalline
alkaloid
extracted
from the seeds of the
castor-oil
plant.
Thebaine
::
Thebaine
(n.) A
poisonous
alkaloid,
C19H21NO3,
found in opium in small
quantities,
having
a
sharp,
astringent
taste,
and a
tetanic
action
resembling
that of
strychnine..
Cotarnine
::
Cotarnine
(n.) A
white,
crystalline
substance,
C12H13NO3,
obtained
as a
product
of the
decomposition
of
narcotine.
It has weak basic
properties,
and is
usually
regarded
as an
alkaloid..
Jaborine
::
"Jaborine
(n.) An
alkaloid
found in
jaborandi
leaves,
from which it is
extracted
as a white
amorphous
substance.
In its
action
it
resembles
atropine..
Sinapine
::
Sinapine
(n.) An
alkaloid
occuring
in the seeds of
mustard.
It is
extracted,
in
combination
with
sulphocyanic
acid, as a white
crystalline
substance,
having
a hot,
bitter
taste.
When
sinapine
is
isolated
it is
unstable
and
undergoes
decomposition..
Belladonna
::
Belladonna
(n.) An
herbaceous
European
plant
(Atropa
belladonna)
with
reddish
bell-shaped
flowers
and
shining
black
berries.
The whole plant and its fruit are very
poisonous,
and the root and
leaves
are used as
powerful
medicinal
agents.
Its
properties
are
largely
due to the
alkaloid
atropine
which it
contains.
Called
also
deadly
nightshade..
Aconitine
::
Aconitine
(n.) An
intensely
poisonous
alkaloid,
extracted
from
aconite..
Narceine
::
Narceine
(n.) An
alkaloid
found in small
quantities
in
opium,
and
extracted
as a white
crystalline
substance
of a
bitter
astringent
taste.
It is a
narcotic.
Called
also
narceia..
Buxine
::
Buxine
(n.) An
alkaloid
obtained
from the Buxus
sempervirens,
or
common
box tree. It is
identical
with
bebeerine;
--
called
also
buxina..
Mydaleine
::
Mydaleine
(n.) A toxic
alkaloid
(ptomaine)
obtained
from
putrid
flesh and from
herring
brines.
As a
poison
it is said to
execute
profuse
diarrhoea,
vomiting,
and
intestinal
inflammation..
Xanthopuccine
::
Xanthopuccine
(n.) One of three
alkaloids
found in the root of the
yellow
puccoon
(Hydrastis
Canadensis).
It is a
yellow
crystalline
substance,
and
resembles
berberine..
Apomorphine
::
Apomorphine
(n.) A
crystalline
alkaloid
obtained
from
morphia.
It is a
powerful
emetic.
Solanicine
::
Solanicine
(n.) An
alkaloid
produced
by the
action
of
hydrochloric
acid on
solanidine,
as a
tasteless
yellow
crystalline
substance..
Berberine
::
Berberine
(n.) An
alkaloid
obtained,
as a
bitter,
yellow
substance,
from the root of the
barberry,
gold
thread,
and other
plants..
Eserine
::
Eserine
(n.) An
alkaloid
found in the
Calabar
bean, and the seed of
Physostigma
venenosum;
physostigmine.
It is used in
ophthalmic
surgery
for its
effect
in
contracting
the
pupil..
Guaranine
::
Guaranine
(n.) An
alkaloid
extracted
from
guarana.
Same as
Caffeine.
Veratralbine
::
Veratralbine
(n.) A
yellowish
amorphous
alkaloid
extracted
from the
rootstock
of
Veratrum
album.
Caffeine
::
Caffeine
(n.) A
white,
bitter,
crystallizable
substance,
obtained
from
coffee.
It is
identical
with the
alkaloid
theine
from tea
leaves,
and with
guaranine
from
guarana..
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