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Brucine

Brucine Meaning & Definition
Brucine Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Brucine?

[n] a bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica

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See Also | alkaloid | nux vomica | phytotoxin | plant toxin

Brucine In Webster's Dictionary

\Bru"cine\, n. [Cf. F. brucine, fr. James Bruce, a Scottish traveler.] (Chem.) A powerful vegetable alkaloid, found, associated with strychnine, in the seeds of different species of {Strychnos}, especially in the {Nux vomica}. It is less powerful than strychnine. Called also {brucia} and {brucina}.

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