narceine
[nahr-see-een, -in]
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noun Pharmacology.
a narcotic alkaloid, C23H27NO8, occurring in opium and acting as a mild relaxant on smooth muscle.
Origin of narceine
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On boiling the filtered solution, to expel the ammonia, and evaporating the liquid, crystals of narceine are gradually deposited.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume IIArnold Cooley
The precipitates produced in solutions of narceine and codeine are crystalline and very characteristic.
Poisons: Their Effects and DetectionAlexander Wynter Blyth
Ammonia dissolves only traces of morphine; but narceine and codeine readily.
Poisons: Their Effects and DetectionAlexander Wynter Blyth
Narceine forms good crystals, the form being that of long, four-sided rhombic prisms or fine bushy united needles.
Poisons: Their Effects and DetectionAlexander Wynter Blyth
Narceine forms precipitates with bichromate of potash, chloride of gold, bichloride of platinum, and several other reagents.
Poisons: Their Effects and DetectionAlexander Wynter Blyth
narceine
narceen
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Word Origin for narceine
C19: via French from Greek narkē numbness
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