1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Brucine

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BRUCINE, C₂₃H₂₆N₂O₄, an alkaloid isolated in 1819 by J. Pelletier and J.B. Caventou from "false Angustura bark." It crystallizes in prisms with four molecules of water; when anhydrous it melts at 178°. It is very similar to strychnine (q.v.), both chemically and physiologically.