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muscarine

[ muhs-ker-in, -kuh-reen ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a poisonous compound, C 8 H 1 9 NO 3 , found in certain mushrooms, especially fly agaric, and in decaying fish.


muscarine

/ -ˌriːn; ˈmʌskərɪn /

noun

  1. a poisonous alkaloid occurring in certain mushrooms. Formula: C 9 H 21 NO 3
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muscarine

/ mŭskə-rēn′ /

  1. A highly toxic, hallucinogenic alkaloid related to the cholines, derived from the red form of the mushroom Amanita muscaria and other mushrooms and found in decaying animal tissue. Chemical formula: C 9 H 20 NO 2 .
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Word History and Origins

Origin of muscarine1

1870–75; < Latin muscār ( ius ) of flies ( musc ( a ) fly + -ārius -ary ) + -ine 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of muscarine1

C19: from Latin muscārius of flies, from musca fly
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Example Sentences

Muscarine is a mimic of the neurotransmitting brain chemical acetylcholine, which helps translate electrical impulses into muscle action, among other roles.

Another chemical that makes mushrooms poisonous – muscarine – is often made in the same mushrooms that make psilocybin in the genus Inocybe, which suggests It has a similar purpose.

In having this effect, the organic-phosphate compounds resemble the alkaloid poison muscarine, found in a poisonous mushroom, the fly amanita.

In this effect, the organic phosphorus compounds resemble the alkaloid poison muscarine, found in a poisonous mushroom, the fly amanita.

Choline and muscarine occur in certain toadstools.

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