bryoninn.
/ˈbrʌɪənɪn/ Chemistry.
‘The bitter principle of the root of the red-berried bryony ( Bryonia dioica).’ Watts.
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1836 Penny Cycl. V. 502/2 The Wild Bryony..Its properties are apparently owing to the presence of a principle called bryonine, analogous to cathartine.
1863 H. Watts Dict. Chem. I. 685 Bryonin acts as a drastic purgative.
1880 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Bryonin, a glucoside obtained from Bryonia..It is a white or slightly coloured granular substance, bitter, soluble in water and alcohol, insoluble in ether.
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