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scopolamine

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Main Entry: sco·pol·amine
Pronunciation: \skō-ˈpä-lə-ˌmēn, -mən\
Function: noun
Etymology: German Scopolamin, from New Latin Scopolia, genus of plants + German Amin amine
Date: 1892

: a poisonous alkaloid C17H21NO4 similar to atropine that is found in various solanaceous plants and is used for its anticholinergic effects (as preventing nausea in motion sickness and inducing mydriasis) —called also hyoscine


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