sarcosine

[sahr-kuh-seen, -sin]

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noun

Chemistry.

a crystalline compound, C 3 H 7 NO 2 , with a sweet taste, soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol: used in the manufacture of toothpaste, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.

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Word History and Origins

< German Sarkosin (1847), apparently irregular derivative from Greek ��á��, stem sark- flesh, and German -in -ine ²

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“We realized it has nothing to do with sarcosine, but it has everything to do with pipecolic acid,” Kachroo told Salon.

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Excitation-inhibition balance can be influenced by the glycine re-uptake inhibitor sarcosine; however, the collapsed coordination observed here was unaffected by such treatment.

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These products are carbon dioxide, formic acid, ammonia, methyl-amine, and sarcosine, the last three being of course in combination with the excess of hydrochloric acid.

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sarcoptic mange sarcosome

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