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ˈbru sin, -sɪnbrucine

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. brucinenoun

    a bitter alkaloid poison resembling strychnine and extracted from nux vomica

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  1. brucinenoun

    An alkaloid, related to strychnine, found in nux vomica.

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  1. brucine

    Brucine is a bitter, white, crystalline alkaloid derived from plants like Strychnos nux-vomica and other species in the Strychnos genus. It is chemically similar to strychnine and was formerly used in medicine for its stimulant effects on the central nervous system. However, due to its high toxicity, its use is now limited to certain laboratory applications. It is also used as a denaturant for alcohols.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Brucinenoun

    a powerful vegetable alkaloid, found, associated with strychnine, in the seeds of different species of Strychnos, especially in the Nux vomica. It is less powerful than strychnine. Called also brucia and brucina

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  1. Brucine

    Brucine is a bitter alkaloid closely related to strychnine. It occurs in several plant species, the most well known being the Strychnos nux-vomica tree, found in South-East Asia. While brucine is related to strychnine, it is not as poisonous. Nevertheless, a human consuming over 2 mg of pure brucine will almost certainly suffer symptoms resembling strychnine poisoning. The probable fatal dose in adults is estimated at 1 gram. Another source gives the minimal lethal dose in humans as 30 mg. A solution of brucine in concentrated sulfuric acid can be used to test for nitrates and nitric acid giving a red color. For medicinal purposes, brucine is primarily used in the regulation of high blood pressure and other comparatively benign cardiac ailments. It is cultivated commercially in some parts of the United States and European Union. The alkaloid brucine is isostructural to strychnine, but with methoxy groups at positions 9 and 10 on the aromatic ring rather than hydrogen atoms. Both brucine and strychnine are commonly used as agents for chiral resolution, the separation of racemic mixtures. The ability of brucine, and to a lesser extent strychnine, to function as resolving agents for amino acids was reported by Fisher in 1899. Brucine and strychnine are basic and thus have a tendency to crystallize with acids. The acid-base reaction leaves the brucine protonated at the N position. The formation of diastereomeric salts has been reported for thousands of organic compounds. The packing of brucine in corrugated layers was an essential aspect in the co-crystallization of brucine, whereas strychnine was shown to crystallize predominantly in bilayers.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of brucine in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of brucine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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