α. 1800s– citrullin.
β. 1800s– citrulline.
单词 | citrulline |
释义 | citrullinen.α. 1800s– citrullin. β. 1800s– citrulline. 1. Chemistry and Medicine. Usually citrullin. A resinous substance extracted from the rind of the colocynth or bitter apple, Citrullus colocynthis, and formerly used as a laxative. Cf. colocynthin n. Now disused. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > neutral substances from plants > bitter principles > [noun] quassin1819 colocynthin1830 plumbagin1830 colocynthite1838 quassite1838 amarine1839 rhamnin1843 maticin1844 limonin1845 serpentarin1847 rubian1848 humulin1854 pinipicrin1859 ilicin1861 physalin1863 scrophularin1868 lobelacrin1874 berberia1876 berberine1876 citrulline1882 tigline1900 1882 Therapeutic Gaz. 15 Oct. 380/1 Citrulline is a resinoid of colocynth. 1894 Med. Age 26 Feb. 115/1 The same suppositories, fortified by the addition of Citrullin, will secure in most satisfactory manner the desired result. 1901 I. Boas Dis. Intestines xiv. 253 Up to the present time the subcutaneous use of purgatives (aloin, colocynthin, citrullin, etc.) has not been very successful. 1933 R. N. Chopra Indigenous Drugs India (2006) 129 The substance referred to as colocynthin (citrullin) and believed to be a glycoside, is now known to be a mixture of the alkaloid and a crystalline alcohol. 2. Biochemistry. Now usually citrulline. An α-amino acid (originally isolated from watermelon, Citrullus vulgaris) found widely in living cells as an intermediate in the synthesis of arginine and in the conversion of ammonia to urea.Systematic name: 2-amino-5-(carbamoylamino)pentanoic acid; NH2CONH(CH2)3CHNH2COOH. ΚΠ 1930 M. Wada in Proc. Imperial Acad. (Japan) 6 15 The author..isolated a new amino acid and named it ‘Citrullin’. 1937 Science 1 Oct. 298/2 It has also been shown that hydroxyglutamic acid, citrulline, tyrosine, [etc.]..are non-essential. 1963 R. P. Dales Annelids v. 100 Feeding with either arginine or citrulline augmented urea production. 1988 BioFactors 1 14/1 Arginine also may be formed from citrulline and related compounds used in transport or storage of nitrogen. 2008 Observer 13 July (Health Mag.) 7/3 Researchers in Texas have discovered that citrulline..may produce the same effect as Viagra. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1882 |
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