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What is brucine?

What is brucine? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (organic chemistry) An alkaloid related to strychnine, found in several plant species, notably Strychnos nux-vomica (nux vomica).
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In a physiological sense, brucine may be considered a diluted strychnine.
Anthocleista nobilis contains the alkaloids brucine and loganine and has been noted to be antispasmodic and neurotropic, having a marked hypotensive effect.
It gives a red colour with brucine, turns the green sulphate of iron black, and with hydrochloric acid dissolves gold.
Monte Christo discourses on the poisonous properties of brucine, a drug rarely used in England, but largely used in France.
The difference between the R F values of strychnine and brucine is only 0.15-0.18 even under the optimum conditions.

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