cadaverine

[ kuh-dav-uh-reen ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Biochemistry.

a colorless, viscous, toxic ptomaine, C 5 H 14 N 2 , having an offensive odor, formed by the action of bacilli on meat, fish, and other protein: used in polymerization and biological research.

cadaverine

/ kəˈdævəˌriːn /

a toxic diamine with an unpleasant smell, produced by protein hydrolysis during putrefaction of animal tissue. Formula: NH 2 (CH 2 ) 5 NH 2

First recorded in 1885–90; cadaver + -ine ²

The precipitate contains the picrate of trimethylenediamine, mixed with the picrates of cadaverine and creatinine.

Cadaverine forms well-defined crystalline salts as well as compounds with metals.

The filtrate contains the cadaverine compound; this latter is recovered by evaporating off the ether-alcohol.

As stated before, it is less soluble in alcohol than the corresponding compound of cadaverine.

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