Organic Chemical
anabasine
a·nab·a·sine [ uh-nab-uh-seen, -sin ]
Subclass of:
Piperidines; Alkaloids
Definitions related to anabasine:
  • A nicotine analog that is an alkaloid found in tree tobacco (Nicotiana glauca) and is comprised of a pyridine substituted by a piperidin-2-yl group at position 3. Anabasine has been used as an industrial insecticide and, since it is present in trace amounts in tobacco smoke, its detection in urine can be used as an indicator of exposure to tobacco smoke.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A piperidine botanical insecticide.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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