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hyoscyamine

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hyoscyamine [‚hī·ə′sī·ə‚mēn]
(organic chemistry)
C17H23O3N A white, crystalline alkaloid isolated from henbane, belladonna, and other plants of the family Solanaceae, which is freely soluble in alcohol and dilute acids; used in medicine as an anticholinergic.


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