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Betaine
Be′ta-ine
,Noun.
[From
beta
, generic name of the beet.] (Chem.)
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 2024
Betaine
betaine
betaine
English
Trimethylglycine, the first discovered betaine.
Noun
betaine (countable and uncountable, plural betaines)
- (uncountable, organic chemistry) 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-
- (countable, organic chemistry) Any derivative of this compound.
- (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.