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Spermine vs Acetylspermine - What's the difference?

spermine | acetylspermine |

As nouns the difference between spermine and acetylspermine

is that 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 while acetylspermine is (biochemistry) an acetyl derivative of spermine.

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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    acetylspermine

    English

    Noun

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  • (biochemistry) An acetyl derivative of spermine