lupinine

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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]

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