Picrotoxin

Quick meaning: Picrotoxin is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) A poisonous material, extracted from the seeds of plants of species Anamirta cocculus, used as a stimulant; it is a complex of two alkaloids: picrotoxinin and picrotin.

Meaning

(organic chemistry) A poisonous material, extracted from the seeds of plants of species Anamirta cocculus, used as a stimulant; it is a complex of two alkaloids: picrotoxinin and picrotin.

Example Sentences

In a Sydney inquest on a man who died of an overdose of picrotoxin, a seldom-used drug, while undergoing treatment for a brain ailment in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, the public learned that, if a medical practitioner makes a risky experiment on a patient and kills him, the practitioner is not criminally liable.

Word Forms

• picrotoxins

Synonyms for picrotoxin

Depending on context, synonyms include cocculin.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include picrotoxine, menispermine, picrocrocine, picocrocin, plectoxin, crotoxin.

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