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ecgonine

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ecgonine /ec·go·nine/ (ek´go-nin) the final basic product obtained by hydrolysis of cocaine and several related alkaloids; e. methyl ester is the major hydrolytic metabolite of cocaine detectable in blood by laboratory testing.
ec·go·nine (kg-nn, -nn)
n.
The principal portion of the cocaine molecule, obtainable by hydrolysis.


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They have now isolated from the microbes an enzyme that splits cocaine into benzoic acid and ecgonine methyl ester.
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