methyllycaconitine

noun

A particular toxic diterpenoid alkaloid found in many species of Delphinium (larkspurs).

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Meanings

nounmethyllycaconitine (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA particular toxic diterpenoid alkaloid found in many species of Delphinium (larkspurs).

    Moreover, the transfection of Het-1A cells with siRNA-α7 or inhibition of the α7-nAChRs with selective antagonist methyllycaconitine has resulted in the disappearance of the effects induced by this SLURP-1 analogue [13 ].

    2016 February 24, “Human Secreted Ly-6/uPAR Related Protein-1 (SLURP-1) Is a Selective Allosteric Antagonist of ?7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From methyl- + lycaconitine.

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