sarcosine Chem.
(ˈsɑːkəsɪn)
Also sarkosin(e, sarcosin.
[a. G. sarkosin (Liebig 1847), irreg. f. Gr. σαρκ-, σάρξ flesh + -ine.]
A nitrogenous substance, one of the constituents of creatine; methyl glycocoll.
| 1848 Chem. Gaz. VI. 4 Sarcosine. This substance is obtained by boiling a saturated solution of kreatine with crystallized hydrate of baryta. 1857 Miller Elem. Chem., Org. III. 323 Lactamide..is isomeric with sarcosine. 1869 Roscoe Elem. Chem. 383 Sarcosine can be artificially prepared by acting upon monochloracetic acid with methylamine. |
Hence sarcoˈsinic a. (see quot.).
| 1877 Pharmac. Jrnl. 28 Apr. 872/2 J. Hertz has extracted from a Mexican species of shell-lac, termed ‘Soma de Sonora’, which exuded from the Mimosa Coccifera, a body which he has designated ‘sarcosinic acid’. |