Category:Neurine

Neu"rine ( or ), n. Etym: [gr. (physiol. Chem.)

Defn: a poisonous organic base (a ptomaine) formed in the Decomposition of protagon with boiling baryta water, and in the Putrefraction of proteid matter. It was for a long time considered Identical with choline, a crystalline body originally obtained from Bile. Chemically, however, choline is oxyethyl-trimethyl-ammonium Hydroxide, while neurine is vinyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide. [written also neurin.]