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Brucine
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
C23H26N201, an alkaloid isolated in 1819 by J. Pelletier and J. B. Caventou from "false Angustura bark." It crystallizes in prisms with four molecules of water; when. anhydrous it melts at 178°. It is very similar to strychnine, both chemically and physiologically.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Brucine'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/brucine.html. 1910.