neurine

A ptomaine, and possibly also a leucomaine, having the formula (CH₃)₃.C₂H₃.NOH. It has decided toxic properties.

A basic substance having the formula (CH₃)₃.C₂H₄.OH.NOH: same as choline.

The substance of which nervetissue is composed, consisting chiefly of fat and albumin containing phosphorus.

An extract made from nerve-tissue, employed therapeutically.

A poisonous organic base (a ptomaine) formed in the decomposition of protagon with boiling baryta water, and in the putrefaction of proteid matter. It was for a long time considered identical with choline, a crystalline body originally obtained from bile. Chemically, however, choline is oxyethyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide, while neurine is vinyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide.

A ptomaine, related to choline, formed during putrefaction of biological tissues