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spermidine

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sper·mi·dine (spûrm-dn)
n.
A polyamine compound found in ribosomes and living tissues and having various metabolic functions. It was originally isolated from semen.

spermidine [sper´mĭ-dēn]
a polyamine first found in human semen but now known to occur in almost all tissues, in association with nucleic acids.

spermidine
a polyamine first found in human semen but now known to occur in almost all tissues, in association with nucleic acids.


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