sanguinarinen.
/ˈsaŋɡwɪnərɪn/ Chemistry.
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1838 T. Thomson Chem. Org. Bodies 292 Of Sanguinarina. This substance was discovered by M. Dana in the root of the sanguinaria canadensis.
1852 W. Gregory Handbk. Org. Chem. (ed. 3) 366 Sanguinarine..forms a grey powder, which is alkaline and yields red salts.
1874 A. B. Garrod & E. B. Baxter Essentials Materia Medica (ed. 4) 194 Meconidine [is]..Homologous with Sanguinarin, an alkaloid contained in Chelidonium majus, a papaveraceous plant.
1897 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Sanguinarin, C17H15NO4. The alkaloid of blood-root, the rhizome of Sanguinaria canadensis... Also, C34H15NO8, a brown, resinoid substance obtained by precipitation from a tincture of the root of Sanguinaria canadensis.
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