单词 | morrhuine |
释义 | morrhuinen. Biochemistry. Now rare or disused. A basic nitrogenous compound, C19H27N3, obtained from brown (partially decomposed) cod liver oil. ΚΠ 1891 V. C. Vaughan & F. G. Novy Ptomaïnes, Leucomaïnes, & Bacterial Proteids (ed. 2) xi. 228 Morrhuine, C19H27N3, was obtained by Gautier and Mourgues (1888) from the mother liquors of aselline on concentration of the platinum-containing liquid. 1897 C. W. Lyman in N.Y. Voice 19 Aug. 7/3 Cod-liver oil..contains minute amounts of a substance secreted in the liver, ‘gaduine’, or ‘morrhuine’. 1912 W. Tibbles Foods 211 The chief constituents [of cod-liver oil] are alkaloids such as gadinin, asselin, and morrhuin, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1891 |
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