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guvacine Chem.|ˈgjuːvəsiːn| [ad. G. guvacin (E. Jahns 1891, in Ber. d. Deut. Chem. Ges. XXIV. 2615), f. Skr. guvāka betel-nut tree, areca + -ine5.] A white crystalline alkaloid, C6H9NO2, obtained from the areca nut.
1891Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LX. ii. 1520 The examination of larger quantities of material has led to the discovery of a fifth alkaloïd in areca nut. This has been termed guvacine, from guvaca, the Indian name for the areca palm. 1946Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. LXVIII. 1053/1 The white solid remaining undissolved..was guvacine hydrochloride. 1970R. K. Hill in S. W. Pelletier Chem. Alkaloids xiv. 411 The parent member of this family [sc. the areca alkaloids] is an amino acid guvacine, C6H9O2N... Guvacine is a secondary amine, is optically inactive and nonresolvable. |