emetine

alternative emetin

1. uncountablebiochemistryA white crystalline bitter alkaloid, chemical formula C₂₉H₄₀N₂O₄, extracted from ipecacuanha root, and formerly used in the treatment of amebic infections and as an emetic in aversion therapy.

   During a 10-year period the sanitarium treated 2,323 patients (93% were men) by the emetine method.

   1948 September 13, “A Drink for Drunks”, in Time

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   Magendie performed experiments on emetics and the nature of vomiting, and showed that the emetic properties of ipecacuanha were due to a substance he named emetine.

   1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 323

   After a 3-hour incubation with ALLN [acetylleucyl-leucyl-norleucinal], cells were incubated with emetine in the presence (closed symbols) or absence (open symbols) of ALLN (10 µg/ml).

   2001 May 25, Neil F. Bence et al., “Impairment of the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System by Protein Aggregation”, in Science, volume 292, number 5521, →DOI, page 1553