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An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; -- formerly called eserine, with which it was regarded as identical.

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  1. n. An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; -- formerly called eserine, with which it was regarded as identical.
  2. n. used in treatment of Alzheimer's disease and glaucoma
  3. An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of Physostigma venenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphous or crystalline; -- formerly called eserine, with which it was regarded as identical.
  4. An alkaloid found in the Calabar bean (the seed of Physostigmavenenosum), and extracted as a white, tasteless, substance, amorphousor crystalline; -- formerly called eserine, with which it wasregarded as identical.
  5. n used in treatment of Alzheimer's disease and glaucoma