Definition of Tropine

1. n. A white crystalline alkaloid, C8H15NO, produced by decomposing atropine.

Definition of Tropine

1. Noun. a poisonous alkaloid obtained by the hydrolysis of atropine ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tropine

1. a poisonous alkaloid [n -S]

Medical Definition of Tropine

1. A white crystalline alkaloid, C8H15NO, produced by decomposing atropine. Origin: From Atropine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tropine

tropicalize
tropicalized
tropicalizes
tropicalizing
tropically
tropicals
tropicamide
tropicbird
tropicbirds
tropick
tropics
tropidine
tropilidene
tropilidenes
tropin
tropine (current term)
tropine dehydrogenase
tropine mandelate
tropine tropate
tropines
troping
tropinone
tropinone reductase
tropins
tropism
tropisms
tropist
tropistic
tropists
tropo-

Literary usage of Tropine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Recent Advances in Organic Chemistry by Alfred Walter Stewart (1920)
"Thus ^-tropine represents pseudo-tropine. 1 Willstatter, Annalen, 1901, 317, 268 ; 1903, 826,1; Ber., 1901, 33, 3163; Willstatter and Iglauer, ibid., 1900, ..."

2. A Text-book of organic chemistry by Arnold Frederick Holleman (1913)
"It can be regenerated from these two substances by the action of hydrochloric acid. Atropine 'is, therefore, the tropine ester of tropic acid, ..."

3. The Chemistry of Synthetic Drugs by Percy May (1918)
"For example, when tropine is heated with sodium and amyl alcohol, it is converted into a substance which is stereo-isomeric with it,1 and which is identical ..."

4. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"The other two are obtained from it, atropine being a stereo-isomer and tropine a product of hydrolysis. When either hyoscyamine or atropine is hydrolyzed ..."

5. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1900)
"Conversely, atropine is formed when tropic acid and tropine are evaporated with dilute hydrochloric acid (Ladenburg). Both the basic and the acid ..."

6. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"It boils at 168-170° (Benc/ite, 14, 2105). tropine and ... tropine is an n-methyl-a-oxy-ethyl-tetrahydropyridine and belongs to the ..."

7. The Vegetable Alkaloids: With Particular Reference to Their Chemical by Amé Pictet (1904)
"The first investigations of Liebermann showed that pseudo- tropine in its constitution is closely related to tropine. By the dehydrating action of alkalies ..."

8. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1898)
"tropine—New Derivatives.—In continuation of the work of E. Schmidt and his pupils on tropine, A. van Son has studied the action of monochlor- acetic acid, ..."

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