creatine
(ˈkriːətaɪn)
Also kre-.
[f. Gr. κρέας, *κρεατ- + -ine.]
An organic base, C4H9N3O2, discovered in 1835 by Chevreul in the juice of flesh.
| 1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 49/2 Osmazome contains a peculiar substance, to which he [Chevreul] has given the name of créatin..Creatin is solid, inodorous, insipid. 1851 [see creatinine]. 1858 Thudichum Urine 116 Creatine is present in the blood and urine of man and animals. 1872 Huxley Phys. vii. 160 Kreatin, a crystalline body..supposed to be the chief form in which nitrogenous waste matter leaves the muscle on its way to become urea. |