| 单词 |
ergotoxine |
| 释义 |
ergotoxine Biochem.|ɜːgəˈtɒksiːn, -ɪn|
[f. ergot + toxin + -ine5.]
A mixture of three similar alkaloids present in ergot and used as an oxytocic, formerly thought to be a single compound; also, any of the alkaloids of this mixture.
1906Barger & Carr in Chem. News XCIV. 89/2 The crystalline alkaloid ergotinine was obtained from ergot by Tanret more than thirty years ago... We have now obtained the second alkaloid in a state of chemical purity, and suggest for it the name ergotoxine. 1937Gwynne-Vaughan & Barnes Fungi (ed. 2) 253 Owing to the presence of ergotoxine the sclerotia, if included in the grain used for bread, give rise to serious disease. 1952L. Marion in Manske & Holmes Alkaloids II. 377 This anomaly..has recently been explained away by the discovery that ergotoxine is not homogeneous, but a complex mixture. 1958Fruton & Simmonds Gen. Biochem. (ed. 2) xxxiii. 862 Ergot contains the pharmacologically active alkaloids ergometrine, ergotamine, and several ergotoxines. |
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