benzylisoquinoline

English

Etymology

benzyl +‎ isoquinoline

Noun

benzylisoquinoline (countable and uncountable, plural benzylisoquinolines)

1. (organic chemistry) The structural backbone of many alkaloids with a wide variety of structures, including papaverine, noscapine, codeine, morphine, apomorphine, berberine, protopine and tubocurarine.