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(chemistry) An alkaloid C₁₅H₂₁N₃O₂, originally extracted from the Calabar bean..
Thomas Fraser (1841–1920) isolated the alkaloid eserine and made the important discovery that another alkaloid, atropine, blocked some of eserine’s actions.
Use eserine when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Eserine means (chemistry) An alkaloid C₁₅H₂₁N₃O₂, originally extracted from the Calabar bean..
Common synonyms include physostigmine.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Thomas Fraser (1841–1920) isolated the alkaloid eserine and made the important discovery that another alkaloid, atropine, blocked some of eserine’s actions.
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