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单词 brucine
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brucinen.

Brit. /ˈbruːsiːn/, U.S. /ˈbruˌsin/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French brucine.
Etymology: < French brucine (J. Pelletier & J.-B. Caventou 1819, in Ann. de chimie et de physique 12 117) < bruc- (in scientific Latin Brucea , genus name ( J. F. Miller Icones animalium et plantarum (1779) table 25; < the name of James Bruce , Earl of Kinnaid (1730–94), Scottish explorer, who brought the plant from Ethiopia to Europe + scientific Latin -a -a suffix1)) + French -ine -ine suffix5.Compare Brucea antidysenterica, the name of the tree which was formerly supposed to yield false Angostura bark, now understood to be the bark of a species of Strychnos.
Chemistry.
A bitter, moderately toxic alkaloid similar in structure and action to strychnine, and like strychnine found in nux vomica ( Strychnos nux-vomica) and other trees of the genus Strychnos.Formula: C23H26N2O4.Brucine was originally isolated from a bark called false or bastard Angostura, the product of a tree which was then known as Brucea anti-dysenterica, but was later recognized to be a species of Strychnos.
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1820 Ann. Philos. 14 311 Pelletier and Caventou have lately discovered another [vegetable alkali], to which they have given the name of Brucine.
c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 416/1 Brucine may be separated from strychnine by its solubility in cold alcohol.
1889 Science 21 June 484/1 We are forced to recognize the danger of eating either animal or vegetable food after decomposition has begun, since this process may result in the development of deadly poisonous alkaloids resembling in physiological properties strychnine, morphine, brucine.
1943 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 9 Jan. 41/1 Poisoning by brucine has been suggested, but since this drug is similar in action to strychnine but is only slightly toxic.., it also is excluded.
1977 J. March Adv. Org. Chem. (ed. 2) iv. 109 Fortunately, naturally occurring optically active bases (mostly alkaloids) are readily available. Among the most commonly used are brucine, ephedrine, strychnine, and morphine.
2008 J. Buckingham Bitter Nemesis xiv. 217 Brucine, being completely odourless but extremely bitter, has been (and still may be) added in traces to perfumes, all of which contain alcohol, to denature them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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