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Atropine vs Tropane - What's the difference?

atropine | tropane |

As nouns the difference between atropine and tropane

is that atropine is an alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils) while tropane is a nitrogenous bicyclic heterocycle, mainly known for a group of alkaloids derived from it, including atropine and cocaine.

atropine

English

(wikipedia atropine)

Noun

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  • (poison, pharmaceutical drug) An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna ) and other sources. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils).

    • tropane

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia tropane)
  • (organic compound) A nitrogenous bicyclic heterocycle, mainly known for a group of alkaloids derived from it, including atropine and cocaine.

    • Derived terms

    * phenyltropane

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