1) Alkaloid 2) Bitter compound 3) Phytotoxin 4) Plant toxin
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Brucine is a bitter alkaloid closely related to strychnine. It occurs in several plant species, the most well known being the Strychnos nux-vomica tree, found in South-East Asia. ==Toxicity== While brucine is related to strychnine, it is not as poisonous. Nevertheless, a human consuming over 2 mg of pure brucine will almost certainly suffer sympto...
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• (n.) 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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Bru'cine noun [ Confer French
brucine , from James
Bruce , a Scottish traveler.]
(Chemistry) 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 ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: brū-sēn, -in Definitions: 1. An alkaloid from Strychnos nux-vomica and S. ignatii (family Loganiaceae), which produces paralysis of sensory nerves and peripheral motor nerves; the convulsive action which is characteristic of strychnine is almost entirely absent; formerly used as a local anodyne and tonic. &...
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Brucine (dimethoxy-strychnine) is an alkaloid present in nux vomica and St Ignatius' bean. It is a colourless crystalline solid, with a very bitter taste and similar properties to strychnine but it is less poisonous and gives a red colour with nitric acid.
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n] - a bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica
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noun a bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica
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a white, crystalline, bitter, slightly water-soluble, very poisonous alkaloid, CHNO, obtained from the nux vomica tree Strychnos nux-vomica, and from other species of the same genus, resembling but not as powerful as strychnine in its pharmacological action: used chiefly in the denaturation of alcohol.
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