2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Hyoscyamine \Hy`os*cy"a*mine\, n. [See {Hyoscyamus}.] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in henbane ({Hyoscyamus niger}), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also {hyoscyamia}, {duboisine}, etc. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Duboisine \Du*bois"ine\, n. (Med.) An alkaloid obtained from the leaves of an Australian tree ({Duboisia myoporoides}), and regarded as identical with {hyoscyamine}. It produces dilation of the pupil of the eye. [1913 Webster]
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