emetinen.
/ˈɛmɪtʌɪn/ Chemistry.
An alkaloid obtained from the root of Cephaëlis ipecacuanha.
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1819 J. G. Children Ess. Chem. Anal. 292 Emetin is obtained from ipecacuanha.
1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 262 Emetina..was detected, in 1817..in ipecacuanha.
1876 J. Harley Royle's Man. Materia Med. (ed. 6) 721 It resembles..emetine.
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