Alkaloidal (Adjective)
Meaning
Pertaining to or consisting of alkaloids.
Classification
Relational adjectives (pertainyms).
Examples
- The new medicine was extracted from the alkaloidal contents of the rare plant species found deep within the forest.
- Alkaloidal compounds have been found to have various beneficial effects on the human body, contributing to their widespread use in medicine.
- The plant, known for its toxic properties due to its alkaloidal composition, required careful handling during the laboratory experiment.
- Several alkaloidal substances have been discovered in the roots of the locally grown herbal plant with known therapeutic properties.
- In order to synthesize the alkaloidal compounds found in the medicinal plant, scientists needed to carefully reverse-engineer the molecular structure.