What's the difference between gelsemia and gelsemine?
Gelsemia
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Gelsemine
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(n.) An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance; -- called also gelsemia.
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(1) Nine indole alkaloids, gelsemine, gelsevirine, 21-oxogelsemine, gelsedine, 14 beta-hydroxygelsedine, gelsenicine, humantenidine, humantenirine, and koumidine were found to be inactive in the KB and P-388 cytotoxicity test systems.
(2) Binding was completely inhibited by glycine, alanine, alpha-aminobutyric acid, beta-aminoisobutyric acid, hypotaurine and strychnine, and to a lesser extent by 2,2-dimethyl-beta-alanine, brucine and gelsemine.