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Definition of Jalapin

1. n. A glucoside found in the stems of the jalap plant and scammony. It is a strong purgative.

Definition of Jalapin

1. Noun. The active principle of scammony, the glucoside with chemical formula C₃₄H₁₁₄O₆, a powerful purgative. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Jalapin

1. a medicinal substance contained in jalap [n -S]

Medical Definition of Jalapin

1. A glucoside found in the stems of the jalap plant and scammony. It is a strong purgative. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Jalapin

Literary usage of Jalapin

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

1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1871)
"Keller regards this acid, the bulk of which passes off in the water used in washing the jalapin, as an essential product of the decomposition of ..."

2. A Textbook of Pharmacology and Therapeutics: Or, The Action of Drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1910)
"The jalapin and ... and jalapin, the latter only in very small quantity. ... consists very largely of jalapin. Squirting cucumber contains a resin ..."

3. A Text-book of Alkaloidal Therapeutics by William Francis Waugh, Wallace C. Abbott, Ephraim Menahhem Epstein (1904)
"It possesses the powers of valerian in sustaining the nerves and comforting the afflicted which render that remedy so valued. jalapin. ..."

4. A Text-book of Legal Medicine and Toxicology by Walter Stanley Haines (1904)
"THE jalapin PURGATIVES. A number of resinous purgative bodies may be grouped under the above heading. The most important of these are jalap, ..."

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