benzylisoquinoline
English
editEtymology
editFrom benzyl + isoquinoline.
Noun
editbenzylisoquinoline (countable and uncountable, plural benzylisoquinolines)
- (organic chemistry) The structural backbone of many alkaloids with a wide variety of structures, including papaverine, noscapine, codeine, morphine, apomorphine, berberine, protopine and tubocurarine.