Oxyneurine

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Oxyneurine \Ox`y*neu"rine\, n. (Chem.)
     See {Betaine}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Betaine \Be"ta*ine\, n. [From beta, generic name of the beet.]
     (Chem.)
     A nitrogenous base, {C5H11NO2}, produced artificially, and
     also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its
     residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline
     substance; -- called also {lycine} and {oxyneurine}. It has a
     sweetish taste.
     [1913 Webster]