coniine

coniine
The toxic active alkaloid of conium (hemlock); hydrobromide and hydrochloride salts have been used as an antispasmodic; principal toxin of poison hemlock (Conium maculatum).

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co·ni·ine 'kō-nē-.ēn n a poisonous alkaloid C8H17N found in poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)

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n.
an extremely poisonous alkaloid, found in hemlock (Conium maculatum), that paralyses the nerves, mainly the motor nerves. Coniine has been included in drug preparations for the treatment of asthma and whooping cough.

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co·ni·ine (koґne-ēn) a poisonous alkaloid found in Conium maculatum; it causes gastrointestinal irritation and paralysis with respiratory failure.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • coniine — n. an extremely poisonous alkaloid, found in hemlock (Conium maculatum), that paralyses the nerves, mainly the motor nerves. Coniine has been included in drug preparations for the treatment of asthma and whooping cough …   The new mediacal dictionary

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  • coniine — noun Etymology: German Koniin, from Late Latin conium hemlock, from Greek kōneion Date: 1831 a poisonous alkaloid C8H17N found in poison hemlock …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • coniine — /koh nee een , in, neen/, n. a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C8H17N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock. Also, conin /koh nin/, conine /koh neen, nin/. [1825 35; CONI(UM) + INE2] * * * …   Universalium

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