As nouns the difference between octopine and nopaline
is that octopine is (chemistry) an analog of lactic acid, derived from the amino acids arginine and alanine, first isolated from the muscle tissue of octopus species while nopaline is (biochemistry) an opine derived from glutamic acid and arginine.
As an adjective octopine
is of or pertaining to an octopus or octopuses.
octopine
English
Etymology 1
Octopus octopodia (the common octopus) + -ine (chemically basic or alkaloidal substance)
Noun
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wiki)
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en noun)
(chemistry) An analog of lactic acid, derived from the amino acids arginine and alanine, first isolated from the muscle tissue of octopus species.
Synonyms
* D-octopine
Derived terms
* octopine dehydrogenase
See also
* octopamine (confused with)
Etymology 2
octopus + -ine (of or pertaining to)
Adjective
(
en adjective)
Of or pertaining to an octopus or octopuses.
* {{quote-book, year=1914, author=Gilbert Keith Chesterton, title=The Flying Inn, chapter=, edition=, page=266, url=
, passage=...but the Captain preferred to swing himself onto one of the
octopine branches with a whirl of large wild legs worthy of a chimpanzee.}}
Synonyms
* octopean, octopian, octopic, octopuslike, octopusian, octopusal, octopussial, octopoid 