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Definition of galantamine in English:

galantamine

Pronunciation /ɡəˈlantəmiːn/

noun

(also galanthamine)
Pharmacology

  • An alkaloid, isolated from a species of snowdrop (Galanthus woronowii) and from related plants, which acts as a selective acetylcholinesterase inhibitor and is used especially in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

    Galantamine has a tetracyclic structure including a seven-membered ring. Formula: C₁₇H₂₁NO₃.

Origin

1950s. From scientific Latin Galanthus, genus name of the snowdrop (LinnaeusSpecies plantarum I. 288) + amine, originally after Russian galantamin.