Definition of Ephedrin

1. an alkaloid used to treat allergies [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ephedrin

ephebe
ephebes
ephebi
ephebic
ephebiphobia
ephebiphobias
epheboi
ephebology
ephebophilic
ephebos
ephebus
ephedras
ephedrin (current term)
ephedrine
ephedrine-NAD oxidoreductase
ephedrines
ephedrins
ephelides
ephelis
ephemera
ephemerae
ephemeral
ephemeral fever
ephemeral fever of cattle
ephemeral fever virus
ephemeral lake
ephemeral lakes

Literary usage of Ephedrin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Year-book of Treatment (1899)
"... from duboisia myoporoides, a solanaceous plant; ephedrin, from ephedra ... pseudo- ephedrin, existing together with ephedrin in ephedra vulgaris; ..."

2. Annual of the Universal Medical Sciencesedited by [Anonymus AC02809657] edited by [Anonymus AC02809657] (1890)
"has made a series of experiments with ephedrin and pseudo-ephedrin, the two alkaloids ... The mydriatic action of the pseudo- ephedrin is the more constant. ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1914)
"Of these, ephedrin acts upon the pupil as a dilator, caffeine upon the cardiac accelerator, and cocain upon the small capillaries, as a vasomotor contractor ..."

4. The Handbook to Arizona: Its Resources, History, Towns, Mines, Ruins, and by Richard Josiah Hinton (1878)
"... and named ephedrin; tartaric acid and pectin were also found ; but Dr. Loew attributes to this ephedrin whatever medicinal virtues it may have, ..."

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