hyoscyamine

American  

[hahy-uh-sahy-uh-meen, -min] / ˌhaɪ əˈsaɪ əˌmin, -mɪn /

noun

Pharmacology.

1. a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.

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hyoscyamine British  

/ ˌhaɪəˈsaɪəˌmiːn, -mɪn /

noun

1. a poisonous alkaloid occurring in henbane and related plants: an optically active isomer of atropine, used in medicine in a similar way. Formula: C 17 H 23 NO 3

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Etymology

Origin of hyoscyamine

First recorded in 1855–60; hyoscyam(us) + -ine ²

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Example Sentences

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hyoscyamine

They then compared the activity of the HDH-encoding gene from A. belladonna with equivalents from other plants, and finally selected the gene from Circe’s jimsonweed as being optimal for hyoscyamine and scopolamine production.

From Nature ● Sep. 1, 2020

Srinivasan and Smolke4 engineered the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae to make the drugs hyoscyamine and scopolamine from glucose and amino acids.

From Nature ● Sep. 1, 2020

According to this view hyoscyamine ought to be the hyoscinate of hyoscine, or at any rate an isomer of this body.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 by Various

But there was no record of his having bought hyoscyarnus, which was the deadly henbane used in the medicine dropper-nor was there any other record of hyoscyamine against him.

From Raspberry Jam by Carolyn Wells

In 1869, Zuelzer and Sonnenschein claimed, on the contrary, to have separated a new, unnamed septic alkaloid, which was not the sepsin, and the action of which resembled that of atropine and hyoscyamine.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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