LEUCOMAINE
\lˈuːkəmˌe͡ɪn], \lˈuːkəmˌeɪn], \l_ˈuː_k_ə_m_ˌeɪ_n]\
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An animal base or alkaloid, appearing in the tissue during life; hence, a vital alkaloid, as distinguished from a ptomaine or cadaveric poison.
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An animal base or alkaloid, appearing in the tissue during life; hence, a vital alkaloid, as distinguished from a ptomaine or cadaveric poison.
By Noah Webster.
By Thomas Davidson
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[Greek] An alkaloid developed in living animal tissues as a result of the normal vital processes. The l’s are divided into (A) Alloxuric bases including adenine, hypoxanthine, guanine, xanthine, heteroxanthine, paraxanthine, carnine, pseudoxanthine, gerontine and spermine, which are related to uric acid, and are probably derivatives of hydrocyanic acid (uric-acid group of l’s); (B) a group comprising creatine and creatinine, crusocreatinine, xanthocreatinine, amphicreatine, one or two other bases, and methyl-hydantoine (creatine group); and (C) a miscellaneous group comprising salamandarine, aromine, reducine, parareducine, and other bases. The bases found in cod-liver oil are also by some regarded as l’s. Paraxanthine, gerontine, xanthocreatine, and salamandarine are actively poisonous, and some of the other l’s are physiologically active.
By Alexander Duane
Word of the day
tinctura quininae ammoniata
- A preparation made by dissolving quinin sulphate in alcohol [Br. Ph.].