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pilocarpine Chem.|paɪləʊˈkɑːpaɪn|
[f. mod.L. Pīlocarpus, generic name in Bot. (f. Gr. πῖλος wool, felt + καρπ-ός fruit) + -ine5.]
A white crystalline or amorphous alkaloid, C11H16N2O2, obtained from the leaves of Jaborandi, Pilocarpus pinnatifolius (or other species), used in pharmacy. So piloˈcarpene, a volatile oil, and piloˈcarpidine, an alkaloid, from the same source.
1875H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 517 Pilocarpin is superior to jaborandi in the certainty of its action. 1880Libr. Univ. Knowl. (N.Y.) VIII. 201 According to Hardy the oil consists of a hydrocarbon, pilocarpene. 1881Watts Dict. Chem. 3rd Suppl. s.v. Jaborandi. 1887 Athenæum 8 Oct. 473/2 The synthetical pilocarpidine thus obtained..is converted into pilocarpine. 1893Syd. Soc. Lex. s.v. Pilocarpus, The leaflets contain a volatile oil, and the alkaloids, pilocarpine, jaborine, pilocarpidine, and jaboridine. |
