antiarin

noun

an·ti·a·rin

ˈantēərə̇n

plural -s

: either of two crystalline glycosides C₂₉H₄₂O₁₁ that are obtained from antiar and are powerful cardiac poisons

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French or German, from antiar antiar + -in -in entry 1

Note: Apparently introduced by the Dutch chemist Gerardus Johannes Mulder (1802-80) in an article entitled "Analyse de l'Upas antiar" in the 1838 volume of Bulletin des Sciences physiques et naturelles en Néerlande, p. 49; a German version appears under the title "Analyse des Upas Antiar" in Journal für praktische Chemie, vol. 3 (1838), p. 419 and following.