Neurine - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition neurine

Definition :

A poisonous organic base a ptomaine formed in the decomposition of protagon with boiling baryta water and in the putrefaction of proteid matter It was for a long time considered identical with choline a crystalline body originally obtained from bile Chemically however choline is oxyethyl trimethyl ammonium hydroxide while neurine is vinyl trimethyl ammonium hydroxide