Ptomaine vs Neurine - What's the difference?
ptomaine | neurine |
(chemistry) Any of various (l) formed by putrefactive bacteria.
(dated) food poisoning
* 1989 , Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye :
(organic compound) A ptomaine, related to choline, formed during putrefaction of biological tissues
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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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(en noun)- Sandwiches arrived from outside, strange granular bread, the butter on it liquid, some sort of beige meat paste that hinted at ptomaine .