nicouline

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French, from the former taxonomic name Robinia nicou.

Noun[edit]

nicouline (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry, dated) rotenone

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Named by Emmanuel Geoffroy in 1895 from the plant Robinia nicou from which he extracted this compound.

Noun[edit]

nicouline f (plural nicoulines)

  1. an alkaloid extracted from various tropical plants, including Lonchocarpus nicou, used as an insecticide; rotenone

References[edit]

  1. L'Agronomie coloniale, Voume 26, 1937, page 86
  2. Roger Regnault and Vincent Philogene, Biopesticides d'origine végétale, 2008, page 7
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