Definition of Pseudoephedrine

1. Noun. Poisonous crystalline alkaloid occurring with ephedrine and isomorphic with it.

Generic synonyms: Alkaloid

Definition of Pseudoephedrine

1. Noun. A sympathomimetic alkaloid commonly used as a decongestant; a chemical compound, an isomer of ephedrine, with the formula C10H15NO. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pseudoephedrine

pseudodiphtheria
pseudodipteral
pseudodistomin
pseudodocumentaries
pseudodocumentary
pseudodox
pseudodoxes
pseudoduality
pseudoeconomic
pseudoelastic
pseudoelastically
pseudoelasticities
pseudoelasticity
pseudoelement
pseudoelements
pseudoephedrine (current term)
pseudoephedrines
pseudoequatorial
pseudoexon
pseudoexons
pseudofaeces
pseudofeminism
pseudofeminist
pseudofeminists
pseudofilaria
pseudofilariae
pseudoforest
pseudoforests
pseudofossil

Literary usage of Pseudoephedrine

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

1. Code of Federal Regulations: Title 21: Food and Drugs by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Staff (2005)
"... and Cosmetic Act unless— C0(0 the drug contains ephedrine or its salts, optical isomers, or salts of optical isomers, pseudoephedrine or its salts, ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1908)
"Ephedrine—Production from pseudoephedrine.—Several years ago (see Proceedings, 1905, 817) Ernst Schmidt announced that he succeeded in converting ephedrine ..."

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