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Atropine vs Tropinone - What's the difference?

atropine | tropinone |

As nouns the difference between atropine and tropinone

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 tropinone is an alkaloid and synthetic precursor to atropine.

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).

    • tropinone

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia tropinone)
  • (organic compound) An alkaloid and synthetic precursor to atropine.

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