Homotaurine
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Homotaurine is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) A synthetic organic compound, analogous to taurine but with an extra carbon in its chain, potentially useful as an anticonvulsant and treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
Meaning
(organic chemistry) A synthetic organic compound, analogous to taurine but with an extra carbon in its chain, potentially useful as an anticonvulsant and treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
Word Forms
- homotaurin
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include homotaurin, hypotaurine, taurin, taurate, taurine, tauropine.
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