benzylisoquinoline
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
benzylisoquinoline (countable and uncountable, plural benzylisoquinolines)
- (organic chemistry) The structural backbone of many alkaloids with a wide variety of structures, including papaverine, noscapine, codeine, morphine, apomorphine, berberine, protopine and tubocurarine.