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nicouline

English edit

Etymology edit

From French, from the former taxonomic name Robinia nicou.

Noun edit

nicouline (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry, dated) rotenone

French edit

Etymology edit

Named by Emmanuel Geoffroy in 1895 from the plant Robinia nicou from which he extracted this compound.

Noun edit

nicouline f (plural nicoulines)

  1. an alkaloid extracted from various tropical plants, including Lonchocarpus nicou, used as an insecticide; rotenone

References edit

  1. L'Agronomie coloniale, Voume 26, 1937, page 86
  2. Roger Regnault and Vincent Philogene, Biopesticides d'origine végétale, 2008, page 7
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