hyoscyamine

[ hahy-uh-sahy-uh-meen, -min ]

noun

, Pharmacology.

1. a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.

hyoscyamine

/ ˌhaɪəˈsaɪəˌmiːn; -mɪn /

noun

1. a poisonous alkaloid occurring in henbane and related plants: an optically active isomer of atropine, used in medicine in a similar way. Formula: C 17 H 23 NO 3

Word History and Origins

Origin of hyoscyamine¹

First recorded in 1855–60; hyoscyam(us) + -ine ²

Word History and Origins

Origin of hyoscyamine¹

C19: from New Latin, from Greek huoskuamos (from hus pig + kuamos bean) + amine

Example Sentences

In 1832 Robiquet discovered codeine; and in 1833 atropine, aconitine, and hyoscyamine were distinguished by Geiger and Hesse.

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Hyoscyamine crystallizes in the acicular form, with greater difficulty even than atropine, it also forms less compact crystals.

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I think, therefore, that both Planta and Schmidt must have worked with a mixture of atropine and hyoscyamine.

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According to this view hyoscyamine ought to be the hyoscinate of hyoscine, or at any rate an isomer of this body.

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Hoehn and Reichardt have recently studied hyoscyamine in a very complete manner.

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