excretin Chem.
(ɛkˈskriːtɪn)
Also 9 -ine.
[f. L. excrēt- (see excrete v.) + -in.]
(See quots.)
| 1854 Proc. Royal Soc. VII. 153 This crystalline body the author [W. Marcet] proposes to call Excretine. 1889 Morley & Muir Watts' Dict. Chem. II. 530/1 Excretin C20H36O. Obtained by exhausting fresh excrements with boiling alcohol and leaving the solution to stand for a week..100 pounds of fresh excrements yielded 8 grams of pure excretin. |