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Putrefactive

Of or pertaining to putrefaction as the putrefactive smell or process...


Corruption

The act of corrupting or making putrid or state of being corrupt or putrid decomposition or disorganization in the process of putrefaction putrefaction deterioration...


Putredinous

Proceeding from putrefaction or partaking of the putrefactive process having an offensive smell stinking rotten...


Putrilage

That which is undergoing putrefaction the products of putrefaction...


Hides and skins

Hides and skins, are termed 'leather' even as soon as the process of tanning is over and the danger of their putrefaction is put an end to, State of Tamil Nadu v. Mahi Traders, AIR 1989 SC 1167 (1172): (1989) 1 SCC 724: (1989) 1 SCR 445.Hides and skins acquire the name of 'leather', even if the hair or wool has not been removed therefrom, as soon as they receive some treatment which prevents them from putrefaction after treatment with water, Park Leather Industry (P) Ltd. v. State of Uttar Pradesh, AIR 2001 SC 931 (936): (2001) 3 SCC 35....


Cadaverine

A sirupy nontoxic ptomaine H2NCH25NH2 chemically pentamethylene diamine formed in putrefaction of flesh etc...


Disinfect

To free from infectious or contagious matter to destroy putrefaction to purify to make innocuous...


Embalm

To anoint all over with balm especially to preserve from decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils or spices to fill or impregnate a dead body with aromatics and drugs that it may resist putrefaction...


Indole

A white crystalline substance C8H7N obtained from blue indigo and almost all indigo derivatives by a process of reduction chemically it is 23 benzopyrrole a bicyclic heterocyclic compound having a benzene ring fused to a pyrrole ring It is also formed from proteinaceous matter together with skatol by putrefaction and by fusion with caustic potash and is present in human excrement as well as in the intestinal canal of some herbivora It is produced in rich growth media by the intestinal bacterium Escherichia coli...


Leucine

a naturally occurring alpha amino acid CH32CHCH2CHNH2 COOH one of the building units of almost all proteins of living organisms both animal and vegetable It is one of the essential amino acids not synthesized by the human body a required component for proper nutrition and is hydrophobic in character when bound in proteins In isolated form it is a white crystalline zwitterionic substance formed e g by the decomposition of proteins by pancreatic digestion by the action of boiling dilute mineral acid or by putrefaction Chemically it is to be considered as amido caproic acid It occurs as two optical isomers the L and D forms The L form L leucine is the natural form present in most proteins...


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