Medical Definition of Veratrum alkaloids

1. Alkaloids with powerful hypotensive effects isolated from american or european hellebore (veratrum viride ait. Liliaceae and veratrum album l. Liliaceae). They increase cholinergic and decrease adrenergic tone with appropriate side effects and at higher doses depress respiration and produce cardiac arrhythmias; only the ester alkaloids have been used as hypotensive agents in specific instances. They have been generally replaced by drugs with fewer adverse effects. Pharmacological action: antihypertensive agents. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Veratrum Alkaloids

veratric acid
veratridine
veratridine
veratridines
veratrin
veratrina
veratrine
veratrine
veratrines
veratrins
veratrol
veratrum
Veratrum
veratrums
Veratrum album
veratrum alkaloids (current term)
Veratrum viride
Veratrum viride
veratryl alcohol oxidase
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verbal
verbalisation
verbalise
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verbaliser
verbalism
verbalisms
verbalist
verbalistic
verbalists

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