Associations to the word «Putrescine»

Wiktionary

PUTRESCINE, noun. A diamine, NH2(CH2)4NH2 (1,4-diaminobutane or butanediamine). It is produced by the breakdown of amino acids in living and dead organisms.

Dictionary definition

PUTRESCINE, noun. A colorless crystalline ptomaine with a foul odor that is produced in decaying animal matter.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca