Crossword-Solution: SOLANINE
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| Solanine | n. | A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of common nightshade (Solanum nigrum), and of bittersweet, and from potato sprouts, as a white crystalline substance having an acrid, burning taste; -- called also solonia, and solanina. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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Etym: [See Solanine.] (Chem.) Defn: An alkaloid produced by the action of hydrochloric acid on solanidine, as a tasteless yellow crystalline substance.
Etym: [See Solanine.] (Chem.) Defn: An alkaloid produced by the decomposition of solanine, as a white crystalline substance having a harsh bitter taste.
Yet out of the leaves and fruit of this useful and innocent member of the family chemists extract a deadly poison called _solanine_, which they describe as an acrid narcotic poison, two grains of which given to a rabbit caused paralysis of the posterior extremities, and death in two hours.
Coma occurs in most congestions and pressures on the encephalon, and like vertigo in poisoning by alcohol, solanine, monoxide of carbon, etc.
The plant contains =solanine=, =dulcamarin=, and similar principles which are related to the alkaloids of the deadly nightshade.