Definition of Hyoscyamine. Meaning of Hyoscyamine. Synonyms of Hyoscyamine

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Definition of Hyoscyamine

Hyoscyamine
Hyoscyamine Hy`os*cy"a*mine, n. [See Hyoscyamus.] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc.

Meaning of Hyoscyamine from wikipedia

- Hyoscyamine (also known as daturine or duboisine) is a naturally occurring tropane alkaloid and plant toxin. It is a secondary metabolite found in certain...
- an enantiomeric mixture of d-hyoscyamine and l-hyoscyamine, with most of its physiological effects due to l-hyoscyamine. Its pharmacological effects are...
- drugs and deliriants: Atropine, racemic hyoscyamine, from the deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) Hyoscyamine, the levo-isomer of atropine, from henbane...
- technique has also been used to produce the alkaloids scopolamine and hyoscyamine. Plant in flower. Single flower (interior). Scopoliae Rhizoma (root of...
- In enzymology, a hyoscyamine (6S)-dioxygenase (EC 1.14.11.11) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction L-hyoscyamine + 2-oxoglutarate + O2 ⇌{\displaystyle...
- kavalactones Nutmeg: myristicin Nightshade (Solanaceae) plants containing hyoscyamine, atropine, and scopolamine: Datura Deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)...
- containing tropane alkaloids. These toxins include atropine, scopolamine, and hyoscyamine, which cause delirium and hallucinations, and are also used as pharmaceutical...
- and the genes that produce them. Hyoscyamine 6-β-hydroxylase, for example, catalyses the hydroxylation of hyoscyamine that leads to the production of scopolamine...
- as Cyp80F1 oxidizes and rearranges littorine to hyoscyamine aldehyde. In the final step, hyoscyamine undergoes epoxidation catalyzed by 6beta-hydroxyhyoscyamine...
- procedures. classic antisialagogues include: atropine, opioids, alkalis, hyoscyamine, scopolamine, tobacco in excess, most cannabinoids, all nauseous or insipid...