PHYSOSTIGMINE


Meaning of PHYSOSTIGMINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌfī-sə-ˈstig-ˌmēn ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin Physostigma, genus of vines that bear the Calabar bean

Date: 1864

: a crystalline tasteless alkaloid C 15 H 21 N 3 O 2 from the Calabar bean that is used in medicine especially in the form of its salicylate for its anticholinesterase activity

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