emetine
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English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἔμετος (émetos, “vomiting”) + -ine.
Pronunciation
Noun
emetine (uncountable)
- (biochemistry, pharmacology) A white crystalline bitter alkaloid, chemical formula C29H40N2O4, extracted from ipecacuanha root, and formerly used in the treatment of amebic infections and as an emetic in aversion therapy.
- 1948 September 13, “A Drink for Drunks”, in Time:
- During a 10-year period the sanitarium treated 2,323 patients (93% were men) by the emetine method.
- 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 323:
- Magendie performed experiments on emetics and the nature of vomiting, and showed that the emetic properties of ipecacuanha were due to a substance he named emetine.
- 2001 May 25, Neil F. Bence et al., “Impairment of the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System by Protein Aggregation”, in Science, volume 292, number 5521, , page 1553:
- After a 3-hour incubation with ALLN [acetylleucyl-leucyl-norleucinal], cells were incubated with emetine in the presence (closed symbols) or absence (open symbols) of ALLN (10 µg/ml).
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References
- “emetine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “emetine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Italian
Noun
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