Chem. [Arbitrarily formed from ATROPINE.] An alkaloid forming a constituent of atropine.
1881. Watts, Dict. Chem., VIII. 2062. Tropine, C8H15NO. This base, which Kraut obtained, together with atropic acid, by the action of baryta-water on atropine, may also be extracted … from the residues of the preparation of atropine.
