sarcine Chem.
(ˈsɑːsɪn)
Also -kin(e.
[ad. G. sarkin (Strecker), f. Gr. σαρκ-, σάρξ flesh: see -ine.]
A base existing in the juice of flesh. Also attrib.
| 1858 Q. Jrnl. Chem. Soc. X. 121 A well characterised organic base, which I [i.e. Strecker] will provisionally distinguish by the name Sarcine. Ibid. 123 Its [sc. sarcine] solution in baryta-water, deposits, on addition of a larger quantity of the baryta-solution,..crystals of sarcine-baryta. 1887 A. M. Brown Anim. Alkaloids 70 Sarkine or hypoxanthine, so widely distributed in the organic world, both animal and vegetable. |