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Definition of Sparteine
1. n. A narcotic alkaloid extracted from the tops of the common broom (Cytisus scoparius, formerly Spartium scoparium), as a colorless oily liquid of aniline-like odor and very bitter taste.
Definition of Sparteine
1. Noun. (organic compound) A toxic tetracyclic alkaloid obtained from both the broom and lupin plants ¹
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Definition of Sparteine
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Literary usage of Sparteine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook of pharmacology and therapeutics, or, the Action of drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1918)
"sparteine. Another alkaloid which resembles coniine closely in its action ...
The general effects of sparteine are almost identical with those of coniine, ..."
2. A Textbook of pharmacology and therapeutics, or, the Action of drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1910)
"sparteine. Another alkaloid which resembles coniine closely in its action is ...
Action,—The general effects of sparteine are almost identical with those of ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1889)
"Such differences of opinion about the action of sparteine are extended also to
what should constitute the proper dose. Authors give amounts varying from ..."
4. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1917)
"sparteine and other Spartium Alkaloids (Vol. VI, pp. 232-235).— During the past
few years considerable work has been done in attempts to elucidate the exact ..."
5. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1859)
"By repeatedly pouring back the aqueous distillate, more sparteine may be obtained.
... sparteine, exposed to the air for a few days, turns brown. — 2. ..."
6. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1892)
"According to Bernheimer, on gradually adding 3 parts of iodine dissolved in ether
to an ethereal solution of 1 part of sparteine a black precipitate is ..."
7. Commercial Organic Analysis by Alfred Henry Allen, Wm. A. Davis (1912)
"Mix a few drops of a solution of ferric chloride and potassium thio- cyanate;
evaporate to dryness and add a drop or two of aqueous solution of sparteine, ..."
8. A Text-book of Alkaloidal Therapeutics by William Francis Waugh, Wallace C. Abbott, Ephraim Menahhem Epstein (1904)
"sparteine is an alkaloid derived from Cytisus scoparius, or broom. Broom tops
contain the volatile liquid alkaloid sparteine, and a crystallizable neutral ..."