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citrullin(e Chem.|sɪˈtrʌlɪn, -aɪn|
[f. med.L. citrull(us (see citrul) + -ine5.]
An amino acid, α-amino-δ-carbamido-valeric acid, found in watermelons, and in living organisms concerned in the formation of urea from ornithine.
1930M. Wada in Proc. Imperial Acad. (Japan) VI. 15 The author..isolated a new amino acid and named it ‘Citrullin’. 1934Brit. Pat. 421, 407 1/1 Delta-carbamido-alpha benzoylornithin..may be further converted into deltacarbamidoornithin (citrullin). 1956Nature 4 Feb. 238/1 β-alanine and/or citrulline were detected in both specimens of urine. 1963R. P. Dales Annelids V. 100 Feeding with either arginine or citrulline augmented urea production. |