benzylisoquinoline

English

Etymology

benzyl +‎ isoquinoline

Noun

benzylisoquinoline (countable and uncountable, plural benzylisoquinolines)

  1. (chemistry) The structural backbone of many alkaloids with a wide variety of structures, including papaverine, noscapine, codeine, morphine, apomorphine, berberine, protopine and tubocurarine.
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