putrescine /pu·tres·cine/ (pu-tres´in) a polyamine precursor of spermidine, first found in decaying meat but now known to occur in almost all tissues and in some bacterial cultures.
putrescine
putrescine (pūtres´ēn),
pu·tres·cine (py -tr s  n)n. A crystalline, slightly poisonous, colorless, foul-smelling ptomaine produced by the decarboxylation of ornithine, especially in decaying animal tissue. |
putrescine
[pyo̅o̅′tresēn]
a foul-smelling toxic ptomaine produced by the decomposition of the amino acid ornithine during the decay of animal tissues, bacillus cultures, and fecal bacteria.
putrescine (pūtres´ēn),
n a foul-smelling toxic ptomaine produced by the decomposition of the amino acid ornithine during the decay of animal tissues, bacillus cultures, and fecal bacteria.
putrescine
a polyamine first found in decaying meat; small quantities occur in most cells.
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