putrescine Physiol. Chem.
(pjuːˈtrɛsaɪn)
Also erron. -in.
[f. as prec. + -ine5.]
One of the ptomaines or cadaveric alkaloids: see quots.
| 1887 A. M. Brown Anim. Alkaloids 36 Putrescine C4H12N2.—Like the preceding ptomaines is obtained from the flesh of the mammifera and herring brines. It is a limpid, slightly oily liquid, the odour of which resembles that of sperm. 1896 Allbutt's Syst. Med. I. 588 Brieger..has isolated and named a number of these ptomaines, such as putrescine, cadaverine, neurine, &c. 1897 Ibid. II. 788 Some [alkaloids] such as cadaverine, putrescine, and choline are but slightly poisonous. 1899 J. Cagney Jaksch's Clin. Diagn. v. (ed. 4) 188 These observers..established the identity of Brieger's putrescin with tetramethylendiamine. |