The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aconitine \A*con"i*tine\, n. (Chem.) An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite. [1913 Webster] ||
Wiktionary
n. (context organic compound English) An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite.
Wikipedia
Aconitine is a toxin produced by the Aconitum plant, also known as devil’s helmet or monkshood. Monkshood is notorious for its toxic properties. In China, aconitine is also used in small doses as an analgesic.
Usage examples of "aconitine".
Now, Ferguson, to put your charges against Rochester in concrete form, you believe that he was insanely jealous of Jimmie Turnbull, that he recognized him in the Police Court in his burglar disguise, slipped a dose of aconitine in a glass of water which Turnbull drank, and after declaring that his friend had died from angina pectoris, disappeared.
McIntyre contends that Turnbull forged the letter and stole the securities, then fearing his guilt would become known, committed still another crime - that of suicide, he could have swallowed a dose of aconitine while at the police court.
Stone, call up the druggist, repeat the number to him, and ask if it calls for your aconitine prescription.
Why did you wish information about this box of aconitine pills prescribed for Mrs.
The box bearing the aconitine label and the pills had all rolled out of the china umbrella stand, and he had taken it for granted that the pills belonged in the box.
Four hours at least had to elapse before the fatal dose of aconitine could take effect - four hours!
Turnbull put down his pill box before getting a glass of water, and in his attack of giddiness accidentally opened your box of aconitine pills, Mrs.
Not long after his departure--that is, between eight and nine--the boy was taken ill and put into bed with all the violent symptoms which are invariably produced by that most deadly of vegetable poisons, aconitine, and he died at twenty minutes past eleven the same night.
At that time no chemical test could be applied to aconitine, any more than it could to strychnine in the time of Palmer.
There was also an attempt to obtain aconitine, which was not successful.
A cadaveric alkaloid or ptomaine has been found in the body, possessing many of the actions of aconitine.
The volume on Medical jurisprudence that had provided me with the information on the aconitine was lying with its base pressed hard against the far fiddle of the table, thrown there, of course, by one of the violent lurches of the Morning Rose.