perrhopine

[Gr. pyrrhos =flame-colored; ops is appearance, and suff. -ine ( Chem. ).] Chem.: An alkaloid supposed to be identical with chelerythrine. It was extracted from the root of Che led onium majus, and formed with acids slightly soluble red salts. për-rho-rět-in, subst. [Greek pyrrhos =flame colored; Eng. ret ( ene ), and suff. -ine ( Chem.).] Chem.: A substance found by Forchhammer in fo il pine wood of Denmark, and described by him as humate of beloretin. It is soluble in alcohol, insoluble in ether. The substance is probably a mixture.