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quinolizidine

quinolizidine noun: a bicyclic saturated heterocyclic compound in which a nitrogen atom serves as a bridge.

Noun

quinolizidine (countable and uncountable, plural quinolizidines)

  1. A bicyclic saturated heterocyclic compound in which a nitrogen atom serves as a bridge.
    • The alkaloids cytisine and sparteine are derivatives of quinolizidine.

Forms of quinolizidine

pluralquinolizidines

Questions about quinolizidine

What does quinolizidine mean?
Quinolizidine means a bicyclic saturated heterocyclic compound in which a nitrogen atom serves as a bridge.
What part of speech is quinolizidine?
Quinolizidine is a noun.
What is the plural of quinolizidine?
The plural of quinolizidine is quinolizidines.

Words near quinolizidine in the dictionary

  1. quinolinone
  2. quinolinones
  3. quinolins
  4. quinolinyl
  5. quinolinyls
  6. quinolizidine
  7. quinolizidines
  8. quinolizine
  9. quinolizines
  10. quinolizinium
  11. quinoliziniums

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