mitragynine

noun

mi·trag·y·nine mi-ˈtra-jə-ˌnēn How to pronounce mitragynine (audio)

: the principal psychoactive indole alkaloid C₂₃H₃₀N₂O₄ that is found in kratom and that binds as an agonist to certain opioid receptors to produce effects (such as analgesia) similar to that of opioids

Kratom contains more than 40 phytochemicals in the class of indole alkaloids, the primary one being mitragynine …

David Kiefer

Bags of powder line the shelves at Laughing Lion, each with a varying level of mitragynine, the compound that interacts with opioid receptors in the brain, and is said to produce those good feelings, alertness, decreased pain or relaxation, depending on the amount.

Jennifer Mulson

compare 7-hydroxymitragynine

Word History

Etymology

New Latin Mitragyna, genus of plants from which the substance is obtained (from Greek mítra "woman's circular headdress" + New Latin -gyna, -gynē "female reproductive organ," borrowed from Greek gynḗ "woman") + -ine entry 2 — more at miter entry 1, queen entry 1

Note: The name mitragynine was introduced by the British biochemist Ellen Field (later Stedman, 1883-1962) in "Mitragynine and Mitraversine, Two New Alkaloids from Species of Mitragyne [sic]," Journal of the Chemical Society, Transactions, vol. 119 (1921), pp. 887-91. The genus name Mitragyna was introduced by the Dutch botanist Pieter Willem Korthals (1807-92) in Observationes de Naucleis Indicis (Bonn, 1839), p. 19. The name apparently alludes to the shape of the stigma, described by Korthals as resembling a mitra ("Stigma mitraforme"). Korthals presumably had in mind the circular headband worn by Greek women and associated with the goddess Demeter, though the word has other meanings (see miter entry 1).

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

单词	mitragynine
释义	mitragynine noun mi·trag·y·nine mi-ˈtra-jə-ˌnēn : the principal psychoactive indole alkaloid C₂₃H₃₀N₂O₄ that is found in kratom and that binds as an agonist to certain opioid receptors to produce effects (such as analgesia) similar to that of opioids Kratom contains more than 40 phytochemicals in the class of indole alkaloids, the primary one being mitragynine … David Kiefer Bags of powder line the shelves at Laughing Lion, each with a varying level of mitragynine, the compound that interacts with opioid receptors in the brain, and is said to produce those good feelings, alertness, decreased pain or relaxation, depending on the amount. Jennifer Mulson compare 7-hydroxymitragynine Word History Etymology New Latin Mitragyna, genus of plants from which the substance is obtained (from Greek mítra "woman's circular headdress" + New Latin -gyna, -gynē "female reproductive organ," borrowed from Greek gynḗ "woman") + -ine entry 2 — more at miter entry 1, queen entry 1 Note: The name mitragynine was introduced by the British biochemist Ellen Field (later Stedman, 1883-1962) in "Mitragynine and Mitraversine, Two New Alkaloids from Species of Mitragyne [sic]," Journal of the Chemical Society, Transactions, vol. 119 (1921), pp. 887-91. The genus name Mitragyna was introduced by the Dutch botanist Pieter Willem Korthals (1807-92) in Observationes de Naucleis Indicis (Bonn, 1839), p. 19. The name apparently alludes to the shape of the stigma, described by Korthals as resembling a mitra ("Stigma mitraforme"). Korthals presumably had in mind the circular headband worn by Greek women and associated with the goddess Demeter, though the word has other meanings (see miter entry 1). First Known Use 1921, in the meaning defined above
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