alkaloid
adjEtymology From alkali + -oid. Compare French alcaloïde.
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Relating to, resembling, or containing alkali.
alkaloid
nounUS /ˈæl.kə.lɔɪd/
Etymology From alkali + -oid. Compare French alcaloïde.
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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences Any of many organic (often heterocyclic) bases that occur in nature and often have medicinal properties.
- The Aspidosperma alkaloids are the largest group of indole alkaloids.1990, Song Liu, Syntheses of Aspidosperma Alkaloids, page 2:
- Xanthosine, the initial substrate of purine alkaloid synthesis, is supplied by at least four different pathways […]2010, Bertil B. Fredholm, Methylxanthines:
- Synonyms
- alkaloid
- Derived terms
- alkaloidic, cadaveric alkaloid, glycoalkaloid, harmala alkaloid, indole alkaloid, morphine alkaloid, nicotine alkaloid, nonalkaloid, opium alkaloid, protoalkaloid, pseudoalkaloid, pyrrolizidine alkaloidosis, thioalkaloid
- Related terms
- alkaloidal, alkaloidiferous, atropine, codeine, Demerol, emetine, ergotamine, lysergic acid, meperidine, morphine, nicotine, papaverine, pethidine, piperidine, reserpine, scopine, strychnine, thebaine, yohimbine
- Hypernyms
- organic compound, chemical compound
- Hyponyms
- atropine, caffeine, capsaicin, codeine, coniine, emetine, ergotamine, lysergic acid, meperidine, morphine, nicotine, papaverine, pethidine, piperidine, quinine, reserpine, scopine, strychnine, thebaine, yohimbine