alkaloidal
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Ha!" exclaimed Thorndyke, "this fellow was well up in alkaloidal poisons, it seems; and they appear to have gone about prepared for emergencies.
From The Mystery of 31 New Inn by R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman
A. muscaria contains an alkaloidal substance which has a characteristic effect upon the nerve centers and to which the name muscarin and the provisional chemical formula C5H15NO3 has been given.
From Food Poisoning by Edwin Oakes Jordan
Recent investigations, however, show that there is no alkaloidal material in oats, and whatever stimulating effect they may have results from the nutrients they contain.
From Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value by Harry Snyder
This causes imperfect bile secretion and an imperfect antidotal action to the various toxins of the body or to any alkaloidal drugs or poisons ingested.
From Disturbances of the Heart by Oliver T. (Oliver Thomas) Osborne
It may be found in the urine; gives usual alkaloidal reactions, but no distinctive chemical test known.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison ) Robertson
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