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Alkaloid of a bean
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eserine
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n. (context chemistry English) physostigmine.
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Physostigmine \Phy`so*stig"mine\, n. (Chem.) An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of Physostigma venenosum ), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; -- formerly called eserine , with which it was regarded as ...
Usage examples of eserine.
His was an odd look, for one pupil had shrunk almost to a pin-point, swimming in eserine which he wiped away.
She stood there, gazing at him, as he dropped eserine into his right eye.
Arecoline Hydrobromide, a commercial salt, is a stronger stimulant to the salivary glands than Pilocarpine and a more energetic laxative than Eserine.