tropine
/troh-peen, -pin/US // ˈtroʊ pin, -pɪn //UK // (ˈtrəʊpiːn, -pɪn) //
热带雨林,热带植物,滋养品,滋养剂
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Chemistry.
- : a white, crystalline, hygroscopic, water-soluble, poisonous alkaloid, C8H15NO, obtained chiefly by the hydrolysis of atropine or hyoscyamine.
Examples
Atropine can be formed by uniting tropine and tropic acid, the two decomposition products already noted.
In addition to the types of compounds enumerated above we may also notice purin, tropine and the terpenes.
On the other hand, by heating tropic acid and tropine together, atropine is regenerated.
Before my researches nothing was known of the constitution of tropine.
Since both these substances have been synthesized (see Tropine), the artificial formation of atropine is accomplished.
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