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Definition of Betaine

1. Noun. A sweet tasting alkaloid that occurs in sugar beets.

Definition of Betaine

1. n. A nitrogenous base, C₅H₁₁NO₂, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also lycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste.

Definition of Betaine

1. Noun. (uncountable organic compound) A sweet, crystalline compound (not an alkaloid), trimethylammoniumacetate, found in sugar beet and similar plants, sometimes used to treat muscular degeneracy; the zwitterion (CH₃)₃N⁺CH₂COO^- ¹

2. Noun. (countable organic chemistry) Any derivative of this compound. ¹

3. Noun. (countable organic chemistry by extension) Any similar compound, based on sulfur or phosphorus etc, having an onium ion with no hydrogen atom adjacent to the anionic atom. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Betaine

1. an alkaloid [n -S] - See also: alkaloid

Medical Definition of Betaine

1. A derivative of glycine characterised by high water solubility. Can function as an osmotic agent in plant tissues. See: biogenic amines. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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