Organic compound

Usage examples of alkaloid.

Ironically, coca, the one that had first piqued his imagination, was the last to have its alkaloid isolated.

Of course, he was writing about coca, not cocaine, but the moment the alkaloid was isolated from the leaf they were assumed to be one and the same.

Because he was German, he was familiar with the work of Wohler and Niemann atGottingenand knew all about their escapades in alkaloid isolation.

A side interest, though it was a deep one, had led me in 1884 to obtain from Merck what was then a little known alkaloid, cocaine, and to study its physiological action.

Chapare leaf meanwhile - large, high in alkaloid and no good for chewing at all - was excellent for processing into cocaine paste.

Because the alkaloid was more soluble in acid than it was in petrol, once the mixture was stirred, it moved into the water.

Absolute alcohol will then dissolve out the alkaloid, and leave it on evaporation in a crystalline form.

When the alkaloid is heated in a watchglass with a drop of strong sulphuric acid until the acid begins to fume, and is then allowed to get quite cold, a drop of nitric acid produces a brilliant red colour.

A cadaveric alkaloid or ptomaine has been found in the body, possessing many of the actions of aconitine.

They are probably allied to neurine, an alkaloid obtained from the brain and also from the bile.

His night vision had returned and he could see clearly the squat silhouette of the alkaloid factory on the horizon.

When his last sandwich was eaten, Sumner was parked again outside the alkaloid factory.

A crystalline alkaloid which is fatal to frogs in a dose of one centigramme, has been isolated from the common Stinging Nettle.

This is a volatile alkaloid which is not poisonous, and is thought to be almost identical with ammonia.

I told you: some crude flavorings, an alcohol vehicle, and an alkaloid from an Indian grass.