chelerythrine

chelerythrine
\\ˌkeləˈriˌthrēn, kəˈlerəˌ-, -_thrə̇n\ noun (-s)
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary chelerythr- (from Greek chelidonion celandine + erythros red) + -ine; originally formed as German chelerythrin — more at celandine, red
: a colorless crystalline poisonous alkaloid C21H19NO5 obtained from celandine and other papaveraceous plants and forming yellow salts with a violet fluorescence

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cheˈlerythrine Chem.
[f. L. chel(idonium) celandine + Gr. ἐρυθρός red + -ine.]
An alkaloid forming orange-red salts, obtained from Chelidonium, and other plants. Watts Dict. Chem.

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