ergotinen.
/ˈəːɡətɪn/ The active principle of ergot of rye.
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1851 R. Hunt in Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal. iv. p. xv*/1 Sardinia contributes many chemical products..amongst others..ergotine.
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 543 In the frog the injection of a gramme of ergotin caused a diastolic arrest of the heart.
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erˈgotinine n. Chemistry [+ -ine suffix5] , ‘an unstable alkaloid existing in very small quantity in ergot’ (Watts).
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1875 C. Tanret in Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. LXXXI. 896 Un alcaloïde nouveau..Je propose de l'appeler ergotinine.]
1875 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (1879) 541 Of all the substances named, the crystallizable ergotinine of Tauret [sic] seems most promising.
1940 Thorpe's Dict. Appl. Chem. (ed. 4) IV. 329/1 The first alkaloid ergotinine isolated by Tanret..was inert.
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