Lupinine


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Lu´pin`ine


n.1.(Chem.) An alkaloid found in several species of lupine (Lupinus luteus, Lupinus albus, etc.), and extracted as a bitter crystalline substance, having a formula C10H19NO. Called also l-lupinine
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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One of the earliest reports of the use of plant extracts against mosquito larvae is extraction of plant alkaloids like nicotine, anabasine, methyl anabasine and lupinine from the Russian weed in 1933.
Compounds of plant origin such as rotenone, nicotine, anabasine, methyl anabasine and lupinine were found effective in killing Culex territans (Diptera: Culicidae) (1).
The relative toxicity of nicotine, anabasine and methyl anabasine and lupinine for culicine mosquito larvae.