momordicin Chem.
(məʊˈmɔːdɪsɪn)
Also -ine.
[f. mod.L. Momordica the balsam-apple (C. Durante Herb. nov., 1585, ed. 1602 p. 59), now the name of a cucurbitaceous genus (Tournefort 1700) + -in.]
= elaterin.
| 1865 Watts Dict. Chem. III. 1046. 1874 Garrod & Baxter Mat. Med. (1880) 260 Elaterium contains an active principle, elaterine or momordicine. |