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Definition: Conine
Conine
\Co"nine\ (? or ?), n. [From
Conium.] (Chem.)
A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the
hemlock (
Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless
oil,
C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It
is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one
of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the
motor nerves. Called also
coniine,
coneine,
conia, etc.
See
Conium, 2.
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