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Spermine vs Homospermine - What's the difference?

spermine | homospermine |

As nouns the difference between spermine and homospermine

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 homospermine is (organic chemistry) an analogue of spermine having an extra methylene group between the middle two nitrogen atoms; and derivative of this compound.

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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    homospermine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) An analogue of spermine having an extra methylene group between the middle two nitrogen atoms; and derivative of this compound