- hydrocotarnine
- An alkaloidal principle derived from cotarnine; it is the basic hydrolytic product of narcotine; also obtained from the mother liquors of thebaine.
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hy·dro·co·tar·nine -kō-'tär-.nēn, -nən n a crystalline alkaloid C12H15NO3 obtained from opium and also formed by the reduction of cotarnine
Medical dictionary. 2011.