Crotonine
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Crotonine is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) One of a number of alkaloids and terpenoids isolated from plants of the genus Croton.
Meaning
(organic chemistry) One of a number of alkaloids and terpenoids isolated from plants of the genus Croton.
More Meanings
- (organic chemistry, dated) A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it with water and magnesia, later found to be merely a magnesia soap of the oil.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include crotonate, crotonylene, crotonamide, crotonyl, crotonaldehyde, croconate.
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