putrescine

putrescine
putrescine [pyo͞o tres′ēn, pyo͞o tres′in]
n.
< L putrescere (see PUTRESCENT) + -INE3
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

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pu·tres·cine (pyo͞o-trĕsʹēn) n.
A colorless, foul-smelling ptomaine, NH2(CH2)4NH2, produced in decaying animal tissue by the decarboxylation of ornithine.
  [Latin putrēscere, to rot; see putrescent + -ine2.]

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