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lupercal |
lupercalia |
lupin |
lupine |
lupinin |
lupinine
| lupinus
| lupinus albus
| lupinus arboreus
| lupinus luteus
| lupinus perennis
lupinine
CIDE DICTIONARY
lupinine, n.
An alkaloid found in several species of lupine (Lupinus luteus , Lupinus albus , etc.), and extracted as a bitter crystalline substance, having a formula C10H19NO . Called also l-lupinine [1913 Webster]
" Chemically it is a a bicyclic saturated quinolizine [1-R-trans]-Octahydro-2H-quinolizine-1-methanol , with the structure:
CH2OH | / H / / |/ | | | | N | / / / /
" [PJC]
CH2OH | / H / / |/ | | | | N | / / / /
" [PJC]
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