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delphinin

[ del-fuh-nin ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a violet anthocyanin, C 41 H 38 O 21 , found in the flowers of the larkspur, Delphinium consolida.


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The systolic stillness of the heart is also removed by substances which paralyse the heart, as delphinin, saponin, and apomorphin.

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