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Betaine - What does it mean?

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betaine

English

(wikipedia betaine)

Noun

  • (uncountable, organic compound) A sweet, crystalline compound (not an alkaloid), trimethylammoniumacetate, found in sugar beet and similar plants, sometimes used to treat muscular degeneracy; the zwitterion (CH3)3N+CH2COO-
  • (countable, organic chemistry) Any derivative of this compound.
  • (countable, organic chemistry, by extension) Any similar compound, based on sulfur or phosphorus etc, having an onium ion with no hydrogen atom adjacent to the anionic atom.

    • Derived terms

    * arsenobetaine * polybetaine * sulfobetaine

    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.