Coffee, tea and chocolate contain a poisonous alkaloid which is generally called caffeine. From Wordnik.com. [Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency] Reference
This is a volatile alkaloid which is not poisonous, and is thought to be almost identical with ammonia. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
"Amanitin is a wonderful and dangerous alkaloid, which is absorbed in the intestinal canal. From Wordnik.com. [The Treasure-Train] Reference
I’ve forgotten his name — has created from the human brain a new kind of alkaloid, idiotine.’. From Wordnik.com. [The Wife] Reference
Poisonous property depends upon an alkaloid, aconitine. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
Its active principle, an alkaloid -- nicotine or nicotia. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
Its bitter taste led the author to suspect an alkaloid in it. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882] Reference
The alkaloid or active principle of the drug is commonly used. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
For the separation of an alkaloid, the following is the process of. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
The first true coloring matter obtained from a natural alkaloid. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891] Reference
This alkaloid is a white solid and is of great service in medicine. From Wordnik.com. [An Elementary Study of Chemistry] Reference
There is some doubtful evidence of the value of the alkaloid in chorea. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
This test is so delicate as to show the 1/25000 of a grain of the alkaloid. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
Pepper owes its properties to an alkaloid, piperine, and to a volatile oil. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
On the other hand, the alkaloid can be transported and kept without decomposition. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887] Reference
The second head comprises but a single alkaloid, variously called paramorphta or thebain. From Wordnik.com. [The Opium Habit] Reference
He has proved that the alkaloid so obtained is identical with that prepared from piperine. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887] Reference
The caffein or theine in tea is an alkaloid that has characteristic physiological properties. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
Liebig next published an analysis of the alkaloid, which was afterward shown to be incorrect. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882] Reference
By leaving the solution to evaporate spontaneously the alkaloid is obtained in silky crystals. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882] Reference
They are probably allied to neurine, an alkaloid obtained from the brain and also from the bile. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
After two months, in which I passed from laudanum to crude opium, I finally settled on the alkaloid. From Wordnik.com. [The Opium Habit] Reference
He was obliged to eat a few mouthfuls of sago before the alkaloid could act upon his nervous system. From Wordnik.com. [The Opium Habit] Reference
What alkaloid similar to the theme and caffeine of tea and coffee is present in cocoa and chocolate?. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
Absolute alcohol will then dissolve out the alkaloid, and leave it on evaporation in a crystalline form. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
The benefit is felt at once, before the alkaloid can enter the blood stream and stimulate the nerve centres. From Wordnik.com. [The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition] Reference
Planta, who further showed that the alkaloid itself melted at 194° F., and its double gold salt at 275° F. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 324, March 18, 1882] Reference
To prepare the alkaloid the dried plant is chopped up and twice exhausted with boiling alcohol of 90 per cent. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882] Reference
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