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putrescine

DEFINITIONS OF: putrescine

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n a colorless crystalline ptomaine with a foul odor that is produced in decaying animal matter

Type of:
ptomain, ptomaine
any of various amines (such as putrescine or cadaverine) formed by the action of putrefactive bacteria
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