CYTISINA
\sˈa͡ɪtɪsˌɪnə], \sˈaɪtɪsˌɪnə], \s_ˈaɪ_t_ɪ_s_ˌɪ_n_ə]\
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Cytisine. An immediate vegetable principle, discovered by Chevalier and Lassaigne, in the seeds of Cytisus Laburnum or Bean-Trefoil Tree. Ord. Leguminosae. Sex. Syst. Diadelphia Decandria. Cytisine has analogous properties to emetine. In the dose of one or two grains, it produces vomiting and purging; and, in stronger dose, acts as an acrid poison. The seeds of the Cytisus Luburnum, (F.) Aubours, have been long known to produce vomiting and purging.
By Robley Dunglison
