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Nicotine vs Muscarine - What's the difference?

nicotine | muscarine |

As nouns the difference between nicotine and muscarine

is that nicotine is (chemistry) an alkaloid (c10h14n2), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant in small doses it is a habit-forming stimulant; in larger doses it is toxic and is often used in insecticides while muscarine is (biochemistry) an extremely poisonous alkaloid, obtained from fly agaric, that disrupts the action of acetylcholine neurotransmitter.

nicotine

English

(wikipedia nicotine)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (chemistry) An alkaloid (C10H14N2), commonly occurring in the tobacco plant. In small doses it is a habit-forming stimulant; in larger doses it is toxic and is often used in insecticides.
  • tobacco, cigarettes
    • He is addicted to nicotine .

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    muscarine

    English

    (wikipedia muscarine)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (biochemistry) An extremely poisonous alkaloid, obtained from fly agaric, that disrupts the action of acetylcholine neurotransmitter.

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