A secondary alkaloid compound related to or derived from gelsemine, found in yellow jasmine plants.
From 'gelsemine' + suffix '-ine' (alkaloid indicator). Created as chemists identified multiple related alkaloids in Gelsemium species.
Gelseminine is one of the 'cousin' alkaloids to gelsemine—as analytical chemistry improved, scientists realized yellow jasmine contained a whole family of toxic compounds, not just one!
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