momordicinn.

Brit.

/məʊˈmɔːdɪsɪn/, U.S.

/moʊˈmɔrdəs(ə)n/

Forms: 1800s– momordicin, 1800s– momordicine.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Momordica , -in suffix¹.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Momordica, genus name ( Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) II. 1009; < post-classical Latin momordica a balsam apple ( A. M. Brasavola Examen Simplicium Medicamentorum (1536), f. 118) < classical Latin momordī , first person singular perfect indicative of mordēre to bite (see mordant adj.) + -ica -ic suffix, on account of the appearance of the seed of the fruit) + -in suffix¹. Compare Italian momordica (1499), French momordique (1555).

Chemistry.

A bitter alkaloid which is one of the active principles in elaterium and other extracts from the fruit of the balsam apple Momordica charantia and related plants. Also called elaterin.

ΚΠ

1855 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica 156 Elaterium..consists of Elaterine or Momordicine.

1865 H. Watts Dict. Chem. III. 1046 Momordicin, syn. with Elaterin.

1967 Martindale's Extra Pharmacopoeia (ed. 25) 1522/1 Elaterium... The dried sediment which deposits in the juice of the squirting cucumber... It contains from 14 to 30% of elaterin (momordicin), its active principle.

1981 E. S. Ayensu Medicinal Plants W. Indies 92 Leaf [of M. charantia] yields saponin, resin, fixed oil, mucilage, bitter alkaloid momordicine.

1997 Phytochemistry 44 1313 Five new compounds have been isolated from the fresh fruits of Momordica charantia... These include three pentacyclic triterpenes 13-hydroxy-28-methoxy-urs-11-en-3-one (momordicin), [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	momordicin
释义	momordicinn. Brit. /məʊˈmɔːdɪsɪn/, U.S. /moʊˈmɔrdəs(ə)n/ Forms: 1800s– momordicin, 1800s– momordicine. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Momordica , -in suffix¹. Etymology: < scientific Latin Momordica, genus name ( Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) II. 1009; < post-classical Latin momordica a balsam apple ( A. M. Brasavola Examen Simplicium Medicamentorum (1536), f. 118) < classical Latin momordī , first person singular perfect indicative of mordēre to bite (see mordant adj.) + -ica -ic suffix, on account of the appearance of the seed of the fruit) + -in suffix¹. Compare Italian momordica (1499), French momordique (1555). Chemistry. A bitter alkaloid which is one of the active principles in elaterium and other extracts from the fruit of the balsam apple Momordica charantia and related plants. Also called elaterin. ΚΠ 1855 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica 156 Elaterium..consists of Elaterine or Momordicine. 1865 H. Watts Dict. Chem. III. 1046 Momordicin, syn. with Elaterin. 1967 Martindale's Extra Pharmacopoeia (ed. 25) 1522/1 Elaterium... The dried sediment which deposits in the juice of the squirting cucumber... It contains from 14 to 30% of elaterin (momordicin), its active principle. 1981 E. S. Ayensu Medicinal Plants W. Indies 92 Leaf [of M. charantia] yields saponin, resin, fixed oil, mucilage, bitter alkaloid momordicine. 1997 Phytochemistry 44 1313 Five new compounds have been isolated from the fresh fruits of Momordica charantia... These include three pentacyclic triterpenes 13-hydroxy-28-methoxy-urs-11-en-3-one (momordicin), [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1855
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