nux vomica in English

noun
1
a spiny southern Asian tree with berrylike fruit and toxic seeds that are a commercial source of strychnine.
De Abano in the fourteenth century included mercury, copper, lapis lazuli, arsenic sublimate, litharge, nux vomica , laurel berries, and hellebore in his De Remedis Venenorum.

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1. A thin-layer chromatographic method is proposed for separation of strychnine and brucine in the Nux Vomica preparations such as extract, liquid extract, and tincture of Nux Vomica.

2. Brucine definition is - a poisonous alkaloid C23H26N2O4 found with strychnine especially in nux vomica.

3. Brucine is an alkaloid derived from the seeds of Strychnos nux-vomica Linn

4. Brucine is an alkaloid derived from the seeds of Strychnos nux-vomica Linn

5. Brucine, an alkaloid closely related to strychnine, is most commonly found in the Strychnos nux-vomica tree

6. Brucine was first discovered in 1819 by Pelletier and Caventou in the bark of the Strychnos nux vomica tree

7. Brucine is extracted from the dry and mature seeds of Loganiaceae Evergreen tree plants including Strychnos nux-vomica L

8. Brucine definition, a white, crystalline, bitter, slightly water-soluble, very poisonous alkaloid, C23H26N2O4, obtained from the nux vomica tree Strychnos nux-vomica, and from other species of the same genus, resembling but not as powerful as strychnine in its pharmacological action: used chiefly in the denaturation of alcohol

9. Brucine is the major active pharmacological component of Strychnos nux-vomica seeds, which is known for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic activities.

10. Objective: We studied this subject in order to verify its increasing efficacy and decreasing toxicity through the compatibility of Nux Vomica and earthworm.

11. What does Brucine mean? A poisonous white crystalline alkaloid, C23 H26 N2 O4 , derived from the seeds of nux vomica and closely related plants

12. Now and again a packet of nux vomica and bicarb stomach powder would fly out and burst like a bomb, splashing vivid white against the green.

13. Brucine is a bitter alkaloid closely related to strychnine.It can be found in some plant species, the most well-known variety being the Strychnos nux-vomica tree, found in South-East Asia.