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bru·cine

(brū-sēn, -in),
An alkaloid from Strychnos nux-vomica and S. ignatii (family Loganiaceae), which produces paralysis of sensory nerves and peripheral motor nerves; the convulsive action which is characteristic of strychnine is almost entirely absent; formerly used as a local anodyne and tonic.
[fr. Brucea sp., a shrub, after James Bruce, Scottish explorer, †1794]
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A solution of 3 (100 mg, 0.24 mmol), brucine derivative (105 mg, 0.24 mmol), and boric acid (30 mg, 0.48 mmol) in 10 mL of methanol was stirred for 48 h at room temperature.
Together they isolated a number of alkaloids such as brucine, cinchonine, quinine, and strychnine.
2002), the pyridine-containing alkaloid brucine inhibited the discharge of prostaglandin E2 in inflammatory tissues (Yin et al.
The amount of nitrates, sulfates and phosphates was determined by spectrop- hotometric method using brucine, gum acacia and ammonium molybdate reagents, respectively.
Nitrate and Phosphate were measured with brucine and Ascorbic acid methods respectively.
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