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BIBIRINE, or BEBEEZZINE, C19H21NO3

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 849 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BIBIRINE, or BEBEEZZINE, C19H21NO3 , an See also:alkaloid obtained from the bark and See also:fruit of the See also:greenheart (q.v.) See also:tree, Nectandra rodiaei, called bibiru or sipiri in See also:Guiana, where the tree grows. The substance was discovered about the See also:year 1835 by See also:Hugh Rodie, a surgeon in See also:Demerara, who used it as a febrifuge in substitution for See also:quinine.

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