单词 | brucine |
释义 | brucinen. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > poisons from plants aconitum?a1450 aconite1569 cocculus indicus1591 female-bane1601 timbo1725 Suriname poison1756 ipoh1779 upas1783 tanghin1788 picrotoxin1815 nicotine1817 strychnine1819 vauqueline1819 brucia1820 brucine1820 picrotoxia1823 strychnia1823 digitalin1824 dulcamara1828 conine1829 bikh1830 nicotia1830 atropine1836 menispermia1837 nicotina1838 solanine1838 strychnina1838 tanghicin1838 urari1838 conia1842 conicine1842 amanitine1847 oenanthin1848 menispermine1849 tetanine1857 hyoscyamine1858 barbasco1860 nicotylia1862 antiarin1863 xylostein1864 oleandrin1866 zebra poison1871 andromedotoxin1883 abrin1884 ouabain1888 strophanthus1888 toxiresin1890 manchineel1891 tuba1898 taxine1907 phytotoxin1909 oenanthotoxin1911 hypoglycin1954 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). < n.1820 |
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