1) Atropine 2) Betaine 3) Brucine 4) Caffein 5) Caffeine 6) Caffeinic 7) Curare 8) Ephedrine 9) Ergonovine 10) Ergotamine 11) Eserine 12) Hyoscine 13) Hyoscyamine 14) Nicotine 15) Physostigmine 16) Pilocarpine 17) Pseudoephedrine 18) Rauwolfia 19) Scopolamine 20) Strychnine 21) Tubocurarine
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1) Nicotine or quinine 2) Organic compound
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A class of bitter-tasting, basic organic compounds with nitrogen-containing rings. Alkaloids often have powerful effects on living things. Examples are cocaine, nicotine, strychnine, caffeine, and morphine.
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molecule with a nitrogenous base, many used as drugs; e.g. morphine, quinine, strychnine.
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• (a.) Alt. of Alkaloidal • (n.) An organic base, especially one of a class of substances occurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the bodies of animals.
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(alkali + -oid) one of a large group of nitrogenous basis substances found in plants. They are usually very bitter and many are pharmacologically active. Examples are atropine, caffeine, coniine, morphine, nicotine, quinine, strychnine. The term is also applied to synthetic substances (artificial a's) which have structures similar to plant alkal......
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any of a class of naturally occurring organic nitrogen-containing bases. Alkaloids have diverse and important physiological effects on humans and ... [10 related articles]
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Chemicals that are found naturally in plants with medicinal properties.
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A member of a large group of substances found in plants and in some fungi. Alkaloids contain nitrogen and can be made in the laboratory. Nicotine, caffeine, codeine, and vincristine are alkaloids. Some alkaloids, such as vincristine, are used to treat cancer.
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A naturally occuring organic compound containing nitrogen that acts as a base. Many alkaloids are physiologically active and can be used in small quantities as medicines, but if taken in larger doses they can be extremely poisonous. An example is caffeine
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Any of a group of basic nitrogen-containing organic compounds (mostly heterocyclic) derived from plants and having diverse pharmacological properties. Alkaloids include morphine, cocaine, atropine, quinine, codeine, nicotine, and caffeine, some of which are used in medicine as analgesics, tranquiliz...
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A large, varied group of complex nitrogen-containing compounds, usually alkaline, that react with acids to form soluble salts, many of which have physiological effects on humans. Includes nicotine, cocaine, caffeine, etc.
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<chemistry, pharmacology> One of a large group of nitrogenous substances found in naturally in plants. They are usually very bitter and although the plant may be poisonous, many have extracts that are pharmacologically active. ... Examples are atropine, caffeine, coniine, morphine, nicotine, quinine, strychnine. The term is also applied to sy...
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(al´kә-loid″) one of a large group of organic, basic substances found in plants. They are usually bitter in taste and are characterized by powerful physiologic activity. Examples are morphine, cocaine, atropine, quinine, nicotine, and caffeine. The term is also applied to synthetic substances that have...
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an organic compound found in plants.
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A group of plant derived substances with toxic properties, eg. pyrethrum.
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A naturally occuring organic compound containing nitrogen that acts as a base. Many alkaloids are physiologically active and can be used in small quantities as medicines, but if taken in larger doses they can be extremely poisonous. An example is caffeine.
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A nitrogenous base. Usually refers to biologically active (toxic) molecules, produced as allelochemicals by plants to deter grazing. Examples: ouabain, digitalis
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Al'ka·loid (ăl'kȧ*loid),
Al`ka*loid'al (ăl`kȧ*loid'
a l)
adjective [
Alkali +
-oid : confer French
alcaloïde .] Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, alkali.
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Alkaloid: A member of a large group of chemicals that are made by plants and have nitrogen in them. Many alkaloids possess potent pharmacologic effects. The alkaloids include cocaine, nicotine, strychnine, piperine, caffeine, morphine, pilocarpine, atropine, methamphetamine, mescaline, ephedrine, and tryptamine.
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Alkaloid is a term applied to a class of nitrogenous compounds having basic properties, found in living plants, usually in combination with organic acids. They are usually given names ending in ine, as morphine, quinine, aconitine, nicotine, caffeine, etc. Most alkaloids occur in plants, but some are formed by decomposition. Most natural alkaloids ...
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One of a varied family of alkaline, nitrogen-containing substances, usually plant-derived, reacting with acids to form salts. Normally intensely bitter, alkaloids form a body of substances widely used in drug and herbal therapy.
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A class of bitter-tasting, basic organic compounds with nitrogen-containing rings. Alkaloids often have powerful effects on living things. Examples are cocaine, nicotine, strychnine, caffeine, and morphine.
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noun natural bases containing nitrogen found in plants
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Any of a number of physiologically active and frequently poisonous substances contained in some plants. They are usually organic bases and contain nitrogen. They form salts with acids and, when soluble, give alkaline solutions. Substances in this group are included by custom rather than by scientific rules. Examples include morphine, cocaine, quini...
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