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Ptomaine vs Neurine - What's the difference?

ptomaine | neurine |

As nouns the difference between ptomaine and neurine

is that ptomaine is ptomaine while neurine is (organic compound) a ptomaine, related to choline, formed during putrefaction of biological tissues.

ptomaine

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Noun

(en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any of various (l) formed by putrefactive bacteria.
  • (dated) food poisoning
  • * 1989 , Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye :
    • Sandwiches arrived from outside, strange granular bread, the butter on it liquid, some sort of beige meat paste that hinted at ptomaine .

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    neurine

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia neurine) (-)
  • (organic compound) A ptomaine, related to choline, formed during putrefaction of biological tissues
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