noscapine

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Etymology

From alteration of gnoscopine.

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Noun

noscapine (countable and uncountable, plural noscapines)

  1. (biochemistry, pharmacology) A benzylisoquinoline alkaloid obtained from plants of the Papaveraceae family, primarily used for its antitussive effects.

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