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Sarcosin

Sar′co-sin

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Noun.
(Physiol. Chem.)
A crystalline nitrogenous substance, formed in the decomposition of creatin (one of the constituents of muscle tissue). Chemically, it is methyl glycocoll.

Definition 2024


sarcosin

sarcosin

English

Noun

sarcosin (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) sarcosine