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Polyamine vs Spermine - What's the difference?

polyamine | spermine |

As nouns the difference between polyamine and spermine

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 spermine is (organic compound) a polyamine, n,n'-bis(3-aminopropyl) butane-1,4-diamine , originally extracted from sperm, that is involved in cellular metabolism.

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

    spermine

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia spermine)
  • (organic compound) A polyamine, N,N'-bis(3-aminopropyl) butane-1,4-diamine , originally extracted from sperm, that is involved in cellular metabolism
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