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cadaverine

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cadaverine /ca·dav·er·ine/ (-in) a foul-smelling nitrogenous base, pentamethylenediamine, produced by decarboxylation of lysine. It is produced in decaying protein material by the action of bacteria, particularly species of Vibrio.
ca·dav·er·ine (k-dv-rn)
n.
A syrupy, colorless, fuming ptomaine formed by the carboxylation of lysine by bacteria in decaying animal flesh.
cadaverine (kdav´rēn´),
n a foul-smelling diamine formed by bacterial decarboxylation of lysine. It is poisonous and irritating to the skin.
cadaverine
a relatively nontoxic ptomaine, C5H14N2, formed by decarboxylation of lysine.


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The bacteria that cause the condition produce organic byproducts with such telling, if unsavory, names as putrescine and cadaverine.
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