† saprine Chem. Obs.
Also -in.
[ad. G. saprin (L. Brieger Untersuchungen über Ptomaine (1885) II. 46), f. as prec.: see -ine5.]
A ptomaine of doubtful identity isolated from putrefying flesh.
| 1887 [see cadaverine]. 1894 Watts's Dict. Chem. IV. 346/2 Saprine is isolated by means of its platinochloride. 1910 Practitioner June 830 Ptomaines obtained from putrid meat and other albuminous bodies:..Saprin C5H16N2. |