uncarine

English

Noun

uncarine (plural uncarines)

1. (chemistry) Any of a family of oxindole alkaloids.
   • 1997, J. P. Felix D'Mello, Handbook of Plant and Fungal Toxicants, page 12:

     The uncarines possess mild pharmacologic activity and may cause depression and death in mice at a dose of 250-500 mg kg^-1 p.o.