Tropine is a derivative of tropane containing a hydroxyl group at third carbon. It is also called 3-tropanol. Benzatropine and etybenzatropine are derivatives of tropine. It is also a building block of atropine, a cholinergic drug prototypical of the muscarinic antagonist class. ...
• (n.) A white crystalline alkaloid, C8H15NO, produced by decomposing atropine.
Type: Term Pronunciation: trō′pēn Definitions: 1. The major constituent of atropine and scopolamine, from which it is obtained by hydrolysis.
Tropine (methyl-oxyethylpyridine tetrahydride) is an artificial alkaloid obtained by heating atropine or hyoscyamine with baryta-water.