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veratridin

veratridin is the misspelling of veratridine.

Meaning of veratridine

Noun

veratridine (uncountable)

  1. Any of a family of neurotoxic steroid-derived alkaloids, occurring in herbs of the genus Veratrum and seeds of the sabadilla plant.
    • Like batrachotoxin and veratridine, grayanotoxins act at the voltage-dependent sodium channel in its open conformation, inhibiting its inactivation.1990, Dietrich Mebs, Ferdinand Mucho, “7: Toxins Acting on Ion Channels and Synapses”, in W. T. Shier, editor, Handbook of Toxinology, page 513

Questions about veratridin

What is veratridin the misspelling of?
Veratridin is the misspelling of veratridine.

Words near veratridin in the dictionary

  1. veratrate
  2. veratrates
  3. veratria
  4. veratric
  5. veratric acid
  6. veratridin
  7. veratridine
  8. veratrin
  9. veratrina
  10. veratrine
  11. veratrines

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