HYDRASTIN
\hˈa͡ɪdɹastˌɪn], \hˈaɪdɹastˌɪn], \h_ˈaɪ_d_ɹ_a_s_t_ˌɪ_n]\
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By William R. Warner
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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An alkaloid, C21H21NO6, contained in the rhizome of Hydrastis canadensis. It acts on the central nervous system, somewhat like strychnin. Numerous preparations purporting to be salts of hydrastin are mixtures consisting largely of berberin, in which case they are of a yellow color, hydrastin and its salts being white.
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A resinoid, consisting partly of berberin, from hydrastis.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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