hyoscyamine
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hyoscyamine
First recorded in 1855–60; hyoscyam(us) + -ine 2
Vocabulary lists containing hyoscyamine
Example Sentences
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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
Hoehn and Reichardt have recently studied hyoscyamine in a very complete manner.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882 by Various
So Terence McGuire learned that Alvord Hendricks bought some hyoscyamine, on a doctor's prescription, about a month ago—the same to be used to relieve a serious case of earache.
From Raspberry Jam by Wells, Carolyn
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
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