physostigmine

Noun

Meaning

An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; -- formerly called eserine, with which it was regarded as identical.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

atropine alkaloid pilocarpine scopolamine neostigmine eserine memantine pyridostigmine donepezil ipratropium rivastigmine carbachol ecothiopate edrophonium echothiophate

Show all synonyms

Hypernyms

alkaloid

Examples

Mary Walker treated a person with MG with physostigmine in 1934. Source: Internet

The drug physostigmine is used to reverse the effect of the poisons. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Physostegia virginiana Physostigma Physostigma venenosum physostome physostomous physoxia