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Definition of Jervine

Jervine
Jervine Jer"vine, n. [Prob. fr. Sp. yerba herb, OSp., the poison of the veratrum.] (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid resembling veratrine, and found with it in white hellebore (Veratrum album); -- called also jervina.

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- Jervine is a steroidal alkaloid with molecular formula C27H39NO3 which is derived from the plant genus Veratrum. Similar to cyclopamine, which also occurs...
- kill flies. The toxic alkaloids present in the roots and leaves include jervine and amianthine. Amianthium is self-incompatible and is pollinated mostly...
- L.Hitchc. – Idaho, Washington, Oregon, N California It is a source of jervine, muldamine and cyclopamine, teratogens which can cause prolonged gestation...
- teratogens cyclopamine (which can cause the fatal birth defect of cyclopia) and jervine, it is believed to be the "****ebore" used by Hippocrates as a purgative...
- (protoveratrines A and B; germitrine, neogermitrine, germerine, and germidine; jervine, rubijervine, and isorubijervine; and germbudine). It is used in the treatment...
- cryptenamine, cyclopamine (11-deoxojervine), cycloposine, germitrine, germidine, jervine, muldamine, protoveratrine (A&B), veratramine, veratridine, and veriloid...
- with age. All parts of the plant are poisonous; two unique alkaloids, jervine and amianthine, contribute to its toxicity. Anticlea As currently cir****scribed...
- solanidine alkaloids, (2) verazine alkaloids, (3) veratramine alkaloids, (4) jervine alkaloids, and (5) the cevanine alkaloids, each of which with cholesterol...
- Lieutenant W.H. McClure H.H. Weaver O.G. Day J.J. Dengl W.H. Gilford W.H. Crozier Jervine Bradley Leroy S. House Charles S. Martin D.U. Lee R. McFate...
- Macmillan Journals Ltd. Krayer, O. (1950). "Studies on veratrum alkaloids. XI. Jervine and pseudojervine, antagonists to the cardioaccelerator action of epinephrine...