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Definition: Chelerythrine
Chelerythrine
\Chel`e*ryth"rine\, n. [Gr. ? celandine +
'eryqro`s red.] (Chem.)
An alkaloidal principle obtained from the celandine, and
named from the red color of its salts. It is a colorless
crystalline substance, and acts as an acrid narcotic poison.
It is identical with
sanguinarine.
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