An alkaloid compound extracted from certain plants, particularly Duboisia species, used historically in medicine and research.
Named after the plant genus Duboisia, which was itself named after a person, combined with the chemical suffix -ine indicating an alkaloid compound.
Duboisine is one of many alkaloids that chemists discovered by systematically studying plants used in indigenous medicine—it's a reminder that pharmaceutical companies still hunt through plant chemistry looking for the next breakthrough drug.
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