Benzylisoquinoline
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Benzylisoquinoline is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) The structural backbone of many alkaloids with a wide variety of structures, including papaverine, noscapine, codeine, morphine, apomorphine, berberine, protopine and tubocurarine.
Meaning
(organic chemistry) The structural backbone of many alkaloids with a wide variety of structures, including papaverine, noscapine, codeine, morphine, apomorphine, berberine, protopine and tubocurarine.
Word Forms
- benzylisoquinolines
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include alkaloids, bisbenzylisoquinoline, benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline, bisbenzylisoquinolinium, benzoisoquinoline, benzophenanthridine.
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