coniine

American  

[koh-nee-een, -in, -neen] / ˈkoʊ niˌin, -ɪn, -nin /

Also conin

noun

1. a volatile, highly poisonous alkaloid, C 8 H 17 N, constituting the active principle of the poison hemlock.

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coniine British  

/ ˈkəʊnɪn, ˈkəʊnɪˌiːn, ˈkəʊniːn, -nɪɪn, -nɪn, -niːn /

noun

1. Also called: cicutine.   conicine.  a colourless poisonous soluble liquid alkaloid found in hemlock; 2-propylpiperidine. Formula: C 5 H 10 NC 3 H 7

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Etymology

Origin of coniine

First recorded in 1825–35; coni(um) + -ine ²

Example Sentences

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coniine

Hemlock on the other hand contains five alkaloids - coniine, conhydrine, pseudoconhydrine, methyl-coniine and ethyl-piperidine - which cause violent vomiting and paralysis of the nervous system.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2023

Contains the poisonous principle coniine, a volatile liquid alkaloid with a mousy smell; insoluble in water; soluble in alcohol, ether, and chloroform.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison ) Robertson

The author has formed a number of salts from coniine thus prepared, and finds them all crystallizable and unaffected by light.—Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft.—Chem. and Druggist.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 by Various

The sirup is treated with magnesia, and the coniine dissolved out by shaking up with ether.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 by Various

Professor A. Vogel, in a communication to the "Sitzungsberichte der Munchener Akademie," brings into prominence the fact that the hemlock plant, which yields coniine in Bavaria, contains none in Scotland.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 by Various