Narcotine

2 definitions found

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

  opianine \o"pi*a*nine\, n. (Chem.)
     An alkaloid ({C22H23NO7}) found in small quantity in opium.
     It is identical with {narcotine}. It is present in amounts up
     to 11% in {Papaver somniferum}, and is used clinically as an
     antitussive. --MI11
  


     Syn: noscapine; narcosine; opian.
          [1913 Webster +PJC]

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

  Narcotine \Nar"co*tine\ (n[aum]r"k[-o]*t[i^]n or
     n[aum]r"k[-o]*t[=e]n), n. [Cf. F. narcotine. Cf.
     {Cotarnine}.] (Chem.)
     An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a white
     crystalline substance, tasteless and less poisonous than
     morphine; -- called also {narcotia}.
     [1913 Webster]