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Brucine

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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C23H26N201, an alkaloid isolated in 1819 by J. Pelletier and J. B. Caventou from "false Angustura bark." It crystallizes in prisms with four molecules of water; when. anhydrous it melts at 178°. It is very similar to strychnine, both chemically and physiologically.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Brucine'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/brucine.html. 1910.
 
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