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brucineenUK
bru·cine B0512700 (bro͞o′sēn′, -sĭn)n. A poisonous white crystalline alkaloid, C23H26N2O4, derived from the seeds of nux vomica and closely related plants and used to denature alcohol.
[After James Bruce (1730-1794), Scottish explorer.]brucine (ˈbruːsiːn; -sin) n (Plants) bitter poisonous alkaloid resembling strychnine and obtained from the tree Strychnos nuxvomica: used mainly in the denaturation of alcohol. Formula: C23H26N2O4[C19: named after James Bruce (1730–94), Scottish explorer of Africa]bru•cine (ˈbru sin, -sɪn)
n. a white, crystalline, bitter alkaloid, C23H26N2O4, used chiefly in the denaturation of alcohol. [1815–25; after J. Bruce (1730–94), Scottish explorer; see -ine2] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | brucine - a bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomicanux vomica - a medicine made from the seeds of an Asiatic tree; contains strychnine and brucine; formerly used as a stimulantalkaloid - natural bases containing nitrogen found in plantsphytotoxin, plant toxin - any substance produced by plants that is similar in its properties to extracellular bacterial toxin |
brucineenUK
brucine (bro͞o`sēn), alkaloid similar to strychninestrychnine
, bitter alkaloid drug derived from the seeds of a tree, Strychnos nux-vomica, native to Sri Lanka, Australia, and India. It has been used as a rat poison for five centuries, and rat biscuits still remain a cause of accidental poisoning in humans.
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, bitter-tasting drug obtained from the poisonous seeds of Strychnos nux-vomica, a tree that grows in Sri Lanka, India, and N Australia. The dried seeds contain strychnine and brucine, both colorless crystalline alkaloids, as well as sugar, acid, and oil.
..... Click the link for more information. .brucine[′brü‚sīn] (organic chemistry) C23H26N2O4 A poisonous alkaloid from the seeds of plant species such as Nux vomica; used in alcohol as a denaturant. brucineenUK
bru·cine (brū-sēn, -in), An alkaloid from Strychnos nux-vomica and S. ignatii (family Loganiaceae), which produces paralysis of sensory nerves and peripheral motor nerves; the convulsive action which is characteristic of strychnine is almost entirely absent; formerly used as a local anodyne and tonic. [fr. Brucea sp., a shrub, after James Bruce, Scottish explorer, †1794] brucineenUK
Related to brucine: strychnineWords related to brucinenoun a bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomicaRelated Words- nux vomica
- alkaloid
- phytotoxin
- plant toxin
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