pastinacine

pastinacine Chem.

(pæstɪˈneɪsaɪn)

[f. L. pastināca parsnip + -ine⁵.]

The name given by Wittstein to a volatile alkaloid distilled from the seeds of the parsnip; also found in the root of the broad-leaved water-parsnip (Sium latifolium).

1866–77 Watts Dict. Chem. IV. 357. Ibid. 3rd Suppl. 1497.