colocynthin Chem.
(kɒləˈsɪnθɪn)
[see -in.]
The bitter principle of colocynth, resembling a semi-transparent resin, and readily soluble in alcohol.
| 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 193. 1840 Henry Elem. Chem. II. 333 It contains the bitterness of the colocynth, and appears..to be a particular principle, for which he proposes the name of colocyntine. 1876 Bartholow Mat. Med. (1879) 481 Colocynthine is a very powerful cathartic. |