Definition of Glyoxaline

1. Noun. An organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor.

Exact synonyms: Imidazole, Iminazole
Generic synonyms: Alkali, Base

Definition of Glyoxaline

1. n. A white, crystalline, organic base, C3H4N2, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal, and forming the origin of a large class of derivatives hence, any one of the series of which glyoxaline is a type; -- called also oxaline.

Definition of Glyoxaline

1. Noun. (organic compound) An organic base, C3H4N2, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal. ¹

2. Noun. (organic compound) Any of the series of which glyoxaline is a type. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Glyoxaline

1. A white, crystalline, organic base, C3H4N2, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal, and forming the origin of a large class of derivatives hence, any one of the series of which glyoxaline is a type. Synonym: oxaline. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glyoxaline

glycyrrhizin beta-D-glucuronidase
glycyrrhizinic acid
glycyrrhizol
glyde
glyme
glyn
glyns
glyoxal
glyoxal oxidase
glyoxalase
glyoxalases
glyoxalate
glyoxalates
glyoxalic
glyoxalic acid
glyoxaline (current term)
glyoxalines
glyoxals
glyoxime
glyoximes
glyoxisome
glyoxisomes
glyoxylate
glyoxylate aminotransferase
glyoxylate cycle
glyoxylate cycles
glyoxylate synthetase
glyoxylate transacetylase
glyoxylates
glyoxyldiureide

Literary usage of Glyoxaline

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"glyoxaline is by far the more abundant product of the two. ... soon deposits a large quantity of crystals of oxalate of glyoxaline (the mother-liquor ..."

2. Practical organic and bio-chemistry by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1920)
"Histidine, histamine and urocanic acid are compounds which contain the heterocyclic glyoxaline or ..."

3. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry ; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds by Victor von Richter (1900)
"Ethyl iodide converts it into /i-Methyl-n-ethyl glyoxaline, C,H,(CH3)N, . C,H6, boiling at 213°, which b abo formed from diethyl ..."

4. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1900)
"Ethyl iodide converts it into u-Methyl-n-ethyl glyoxaline, CSH,(CH,)N, . C,HS. boiling at 213°, ... It breaks down, on heating, into CO, and glyoxaline. ..."

5. Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Victor von Richter (1891)
"glyoxaline is produced by the action of ammonia upon glyoxal (Berichte, 15, 645). ... This is expressed by the accepted unsymmetrical formula of glyoxaline ..."

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