Chem. [f. L. aconītum + -IN(E.] The essential principle of aconite, an extremely poisonous vegetable alkaloid; a light white powder, without smell, with a bitter taste.
1847. Craig, Aconitine.
1853. Mayne, Aconitin.
1879. Syd. Soc. Lex., s.v. Aconitia, Aconitine resembles Curara in impairing the conducting power of the motor nerves.
1881. Wontner, in Standard, 30 Dec., 2/5. One of these pills, at all events, contained a sufficient dose of aconitine to cause death.
