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Alkaloid
Alkaloid Al"ka*loid ([a^]l"k[.a]*loid), n. (Chem.)
An organic base, especially one of a class of substances
occurring ready formed in the tissues of plants and the
bodies of animals.
Note: Alkaloids all contain nitrogen, carbon, and hydrogen,
and many of them also contain oxygen. They include many
of the active principles in plants; thus, morphine and
narcotine are alkaloids found in opium.
Alkaloid
Alkaloid Al"ka*loid ([a^]l"k[.a]*loid), Alkaloidal
Al`ka*loid"al ([a^]l`k[.a]*loid"al), a. [Alkali + -oid: cf. F.
alcalo["i]de.]
Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, alkali.
Meaning of ALKALOID from wikipedia
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Alkaloids are a
broad class of
naturally occurring organic compounds that
contain at
least one
nitrogen atom. Some
synthetic compounds of
similar structure...
- RK
Alkaloid (Macedonian: РК Алкалоид) is a
Macedonian team
handball club from Skopje, that
plays in the
Macedonian Super League and EHF
European Cup. Skopje...
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Different varieties of
kratom contain different relative proportions of
alkaloids such as mitragynine. In
cultures where the
plant grows,
kratom has been...
- somniferum.
Approximately 12
percent of
opium is made up of the
analgesic alkaloid morphine,
which is
processed chemically to
produce heroin and
other synthetic...
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Alkaloid AD
Skopje (Macedonian: Алкалоид АД Скопје) is a
pharmaceutical company in
North Macedonia which for
eight decades, has been
operating in the field...
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Harmala alkaloids are
several alkaloids that act as
monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs).
These alkaloids are
found in the
seeds of
Peganum harmala (also...
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Aporphine alkaloids are
naturally occurring chemical compounds from the
group of
alkaloids.
After the
benzylisoquinoline alkaloids they are the second...
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Indole alkaloids are a
class of
alkaloids containing a
structural moiety of indole; many
indole alkaloids also
include isoprene groups and are thus called...
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Pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs),
sometimes referred to as
necine bases, are a
group of
naturally occurring alkaloids based on the
structure of pyrrolizidine...
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chiefly /-naɪn/ -nyne) is a
highly toxic, colorless, bitter,
crystalline alkaloid used as a pesticide,
particularly for
killing small vertebrates such as...
