As nouns the difference between alkaloid and agelastatin
is that alkaloid is alkaloid while agelastatin is (organic chemistry|medicine) any of a family of naturally-occurring oroidin alkaloids having antitumor properties.
alkaloid
Noun
(
en noun)
(organic chemistry) Any of many organic heterocyclic bases, that occur in nature and often have medicinal properties.
Hyponyms
* See also
Related terms
* atropine
* codeine
* Demerol
* emetine
* ergotamine
* lysergic acid
* meperidine
* morphine
* nicotine
* papaverine
* pethidine
* piperidine
* reserpine
* scopine
* strychnine
* thebaine
* yohimbine
agelastatin
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(organic chemistry, medicine) Any of a family of naturally-occurring oroidin alkaloids having antitumor properties