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Alkaloid vs Australine - What's the difference?

alkaloid | australine |

As nouns the difference between alkaloid and australine

is that alkaloid is alkaloid while australine is (organic compound) a particular polyhydroxylated pyrrolizidine alkaloid.

alkaloid

English

(wikipedia alkaloid)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any of many organic heterocyclic bases, that occur in nature and often have medicinal properties.

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    * atropine * codeine * Demerol * emetine * ergotamine * lysergic acid * meperidine * morphine * nicotine * papaverine * pethidine * piperidine * reserpine * scopine * strychnine * thebaine * yohimbine

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Relating to, resembling, or containing alkali.
    • (Webster 1913) ----

    australine

    English

    Noun

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  • (organic compound) A particular polyhydroxylated pyrrolizidine alkaloid
    • 2000' William H. Pearson and Jennifer V. Hines, "Total Syntheses of (+)-' Australine and (?)-7-Epialexine" in J. Org. Chem., 2000, 65 (18), pp 5785–5793

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