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Webster 1913 Edition


Crotonine

Cro′ton-ine

(kr?′t?n-?n)
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Noun.
(Chem.)
A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it with water and magnesia, since found to be merely a magnesia soap of the oil.
Watts.

Definition 2024


crotonine

crotonine

English

Noun

crotonine (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry, dated) A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it with water and magnesia, later found to be merely a magnesia soap of the oil.
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