What is "sinapine"

Sinapine \Sin"a*pine\, n. [L. sinapi, sinapis, mustard, Gr. ???: cf. F. sinapine.] (Chem.) An alkaloid occuring in the seeds of mustard. It is extracted, in combination with sulphocyanic acid, as a white crystalline substance, having a hot, bitter taste. When sinapine is isolated it is unstable and undergoes decomposition.

n. (context organic compound English) An alkaloidal amine found in black mustard seeds, considered a choline ester of sinapic acid.

Sinapine is an alkaloidal amine found in some seeds, particularly oil seeds of plants in the family Brassicaceae. It is the choline ester of sinapic acid.

Sinapine was discovered by Etienne Ossian Henry in 1825.