'Lupinine' definitions:

Definition of 'Lupinine'

From: GCIDE
  • Lupinine \Lu"pin*ine\, n. (Chem.) An alkaloid found in several species of lupine ({Lupinus luteus}, Lupinus albus, etc.), and extracted as a bitter crystalline substance, having a formula C10H19NO. Called also l-lupinine [1913 Webster]
  • Note: Chemically it is a a bicyclic saturated quinolizine [1-R-trans]-Octahydro-2H-quinolizine-1-methanol, with the structure: CH2OH | /\ H /\ / \|/ \ | | | | N | \ / \ / \/ \/ --[MI11] [PJC]

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