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jalapin
[ jal-uh-pin, jah-luh- ]
noun
- a resin that is one of the purgative principles of jalap.
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Jalapin or scammonin, C34H56O16, occurs in scammony; it hydrolyses to glucose and jalapinolic acid.
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The active principle in aloes is aloin; of jalap, jalapin; of white hellebore, veratria; and of colchicum, colchicin.
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