英语释义
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n. A poisonous organic base (a ptomaine) formed in the
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decomposition of protagon with boiling baryta water, and in the
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putrefraction of proteid matter. It was for a long time considered
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identical with choline, a crystalline body originally obtained from
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bile. Chemically, however, choline is oxyethyl-trimethyl-ammonium
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hydroxide, while neurine is vinyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide.