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fagine Chem.|ˈfeɪdʒɪn|
Also -in.
[ad. G. fagin (Buchner and Herberger 1832, in J. A. Buchner's Rep. f. d. Pharmacie XL. 157), f. L. fāg-us beech + -ine5.]
An alkaloid reported to have been obtained from the nuts of the common beech Fagus sylvatica (but see quot. 1908).
1838R. D. Thomson in Brit. Annual 337 Fagin. 1846Loudon Veget. Kingd. 291 The husks of the common Beech-tree yield a narcotic extractive, called Fagine. 1860Chambers's Encycl. I. 804/2 A volatile, narcotic, poisonous principle, called Fagine, is..found in it [sc. beechmast]. 1885Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XLVIII. ii. 676 The author [sc. J. Habermann]..believes that the existence of fagine as a true alkaloïd cannot be doubted. 1908Hall & Defren tr. Abderhalden's Text-bk. Physiol. Chem. vi. 114 Other bases have been isolated from various plants, which in part have been given characteristic names; e.g. amanitine, from toad-stools; fagine, from buchu seeds, etc. They are, however, all identical with choline. |