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Hyoscyamine
Webster's Dictionary
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(n.) An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hyoscyamine'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/hyoscyamine.html. 1828.
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hyoscyamine'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/h/hyoscyamine.html. 1828.
