aconitine

aconitine
The exceedingly poisonous active principle (diterpene alkaloid) of Aconitum sp. and Delphinium sp., formerly used as a cardiac sedative and applied externally for neuralgia.

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acon·i·tine ə-'kän-ə-.tēn, -tən n a white crystalline intensely poisonous alkaloid C34H47NO11 from the root and leaves of monkshood

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acon·i·tine (ə-konґĭ-tin) [L. aconitina, aconitia] a poisonous alkaloid, the active principle of aconite.

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