Muscarine
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Muscarine is a noun meaning (biochemistry) An extremely poisonous alkaloid, obtained from fly agaric, that disrupts the action of acetylcholine neurotransmitter.
Meaning
(biochemistry) An extremely poisonous alkaloid, obtained from fly agaric, that disrupts the action of acetylcholine neurotransmitter.
Word Forms
- muscarines
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include alkaloid, muscarinic, muscimol, muscazone, antimuscarinic, muricinine.
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