loline

English

Etymology

So named because it is found in Lolium.

Noun

loline (plural lolines)

  1. (organic chemistry) festucine or any of several similar alkaloids
    • 1991, Abdel-Fattah M. Rizk, Poisonous plant contamination of edible plants, page 96:
      Hydrolysis of lolidine yields loline and norloline:
      […]
      MS and NMR spectra of loline from L. cunneatum and festucine from Festuca arundinacea showed that both alkaloids are identical.

See also
  • norloline, lolidine

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