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Putrescine

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Noun

1. putrescine

a colorless crystalline ptomaine with a foul odor that is produced in decaying animal matter

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Putrescine

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noun
a colourless crystalline amine produced by decaying animal matter; 1,4-diaminobutane. Formula: H2N(CH2)4NH2

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Putrescine

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noun
a foul-smelling compound, NH2(CH2)4NH2, produced by bacterial fermentation of protein and in the normal metabolism of mammals: it is a precursor of spermine

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Putrescine

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n.
A colorless, foul-smelling polyamine, C4H12N2, produced in decaying animal tissue by the decarboxylation of ornithine.

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