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Polyamine vs Agmatine - What's the difference?

polyamine | agmatine |

As nouns the difference between polyamine and agmatine

is that polyamine is (organic chemistry) any compound having many (more than three) amino functional groups; especially such compounds formed by decomposition of proteins while agmatine is (biochemistry) the amine (4-aminobutyl)guanidine which is a decarboxylation product of arginine and an intermediate in polyamine biosynthesis.

polyamine

English

Noun

(wikipedia polyamine) (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) any compound having many (more than three) amino functional groups; especially such compounds formed by decomposition of proteins

    • Derived terms

    * acetylpolyamine * polyamine oxidase

    agmatine

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia agmatine) (-)
  • (biochemistry) The amine (4-aminobutyl)guanidine which is a decarboxylation product of arginine and an intermediate in polyamine biosynthesis

    • Anagrams

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