Lepidine

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Iridoline \I*rid"o*line\, n. [Iridescent + L. oleum oil.]
     (Chem.)
     A nitrogenous base {C10H9N}, extracted from coal-tar naphtha,
     as an oily liquid. It is a member of the quinoline series,
     and is probably identical with {lepidine}. Iridosmine



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lepidine \Lep"i*dine\ (l[e^]p"[i^]*d[i^]n or *d[=e]n), n.
     (Chem.)
     An organic base, {C9H6.N.CH3}, metameric with quinaldine, and
     obtained by the distillation of cinchonine.
     [1913 Webster]