Associations to the word «Betaine»
Noun
- Ammonium
- Intermediate
- Amine
- Mf
- Beet
- Bitter
- Allergy
- Sulfate
- Transporter
- Acid
- Chloride
- Digestion
- Lipid
- Vitamin
- Metabolism
- Rn
- Sodium
- Oxidation
- Glucose
- Enzyme
- Liver
- Oxide
- Kidney
- Donor
- Derivative
- Beta
- Substrate
- Compound
- Salt
- Mg
- Pathway
- Bacterium
- Stomach
- Plasma
- Sugar
- Kg
- Reaction
- Pm
- Synthesis
- Organism
- Dna
- Protein
- Alcohol
- Mouse
- Meal
- Therapy
- Cell
- Disease
- Disorder
- Chain
- Concentration
- Patient
- Addition
- Product
- Food
- Group
- Source
- Solution
- Medicine
- Level
- Agent
- Amount
- Form
- Method
- Condition
- Figure
- Table
Adverb
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Wiktionary
BETAINE, 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-
BETAINE, noun. (countable) (organic chemistry) Any derivative of this compound.
BETAINE, 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.
Dictionary definition
BETAINE, noun. A sweet tasting alkaloid that occurs in sugar beets.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.