Putrescin

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

  Putrescin \Pu*tres"cin\, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
     A nontoxic diamine, {C4H12N2}, formed in the putrefaction of
     the flesh of mammals and some other animals.
     [1913 Webster]