An alkaloid compound or a specific organic chemical found in plants, related to or containing chlorine-bearing functional groups.
From chloro- 'chlorine-containing' + -genine, a chemistry suffix for alkaloid compounds. This term appears in botanical and pharmaceutical chemistry literature from the 19th century.
Plant alkaloids with 'chlorogenine' in their names often have nothing to do with chlorine chemistry—they were named during an era when chemists were still sorting out what elements were actually in compounds, making many historical chemical names misleading fossils.
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