Definition of "brucine" []

• A poisonous white crystalline alkaloid, C23H26N2O4, derived from the seeds of nux vomica and closely related plants and used to denature alcohol. (noun)

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• "It gives a red colour with brucine, turns the green sulphate of iron black, and with hydrochloric acid dissolves gold."
• "Strychnine and brucine exist in combination with igasuric acid discovered by Ludwig in 1873."
• "It bears an orange-like fruit, containing seeds that have an intensely bitter taste, owing to the presence of two most energetic poisons, _strychnine_ and _brucine_."