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Protopine vs Benzylisoquinoline - What's the difference?

protopine | benzylisoquinoline |

As nouns the difference between protopine and benzylisoquinoline

is that protopine is (biochemistry) a benzylisoquinoline alkaloid occurring in plants of the papaveraceae family that acts as an opioid analgesic while benzylisoquinoline is (chemistry) the structural backbone of many alkaloids with a wide variety of structures, including papaverine, noscapine, codeine, morphine, apomorphine, berberine, protopine and tubocurarine.

protopine

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Noun

(en-noun) (wikipedia protopine)
  • (biochemistry) A benzylisoquinoline alkaloid occurring in plants of the Papaveraceae family that acts as an opioid analgesic.

    • benzylisoquinoline

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia benzylisoquinoline)
  • (chemistry) The structural backbone of many alkaloids with a wide variety of structures, including papaverine, noscapine, codeine, morphine, apomorphine, berberine, protopine and tubocurarine.