Definition of Alkaloid. Meaning of Alkaloid. Synonyms of Alkaloid

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Definition of Alkaloid

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

- Alkaloids are a class of basic, naturally occurring organic compounds that contain at least one nitrogen atom. This group also includes some related compounds...
- Aporphine alkaloids are naturally occurring chemical compounds from the group of alkaloids. After the benzylisoquinoline alkaloids they are the second...
- Tropane alkaloids are a class of bicyclic [3.2.1] alkaloids and secondary metabolites that contain a tropane ring in their chemical structure. Tropane...
- Alkaloid AD Skopje (Macedonian: Алкалоид АД Скопје) is a pharmaceutical company in North Macedonia which for eight decades, has been operating in the field...
- 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...
- Harmala alkaloids are several alkaloids that act as monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs). These alkaloids are found in the seeds of Peganum harmala (also...
- Conium alkaloids are natural products of the piperidine alkaloid type. Conium alkaloids are found in spotted hemlock. The mature fruits may contain up...
- Coca alkaloids are the alkaloids found in the coca plant, Erythroxylum coca. They are predominantly of either the pyrrolidine or the tropane types. Benzoylecgonine...
- Indole alkaloids are a class of alkaloids containing a structural moiety of indole; many indole alkaloids also include isoprene groups and are thus called...
- Ergoline is a core structure in many alkaloids and their synthetic derivatives. Ergoline alkaloids were first characterized in ergot. Some of these are...