英语词汇brucine的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

brucine. Another poison named for a real person, but this time not for someone who used it for nefarious purposes. Bru- cine is a bitter, poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in seeds of various Strychnos species, especially Nux vomica. It resembles strychnine, though it isn’t as powerful and it is rapidly elimi- nated from the body. Brucine, used in the denaturing of alco- hol, was named for the apparently innocent Scottish traveler and explorer, James Bruce (1730–94), who merely discovered it. See acqua tofana.

词汇	brucine
词源	brucine. Another poison named for a real person, but this time not for someone who used it for nefarious purposes. Bru- cine is a bitter, poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in seeds of various Strychnos species, especially Nux vomica. It resembles strychnine, though it isn’t as powerful and it is rapidly elimi- nated from the body. Brucine, used in the denaturing of alco- hol, was named for the apparently innocent Scottish traveler and explorer, James Bruce (1730–94), who merely discovered it. See acqua tofana.
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