Sarcosin

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

  Sarcosin \Sar"co*sin\, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
     A crystalline nitrogenous substance, formed in the
     decomposition of creatin (one of the constituents of muscle
     tissue). Chemically, it is methyl glycocoll.
     [1913 Webster]