mimosine
/mɪˈməʊsiːn/(also mimosin) Chemistry
noun
An amino acid, C5H4O2N·CH2CH(NH2)COOH, found in the tropical tree Leucaena leucocephala and in the sensitive plant Mimosa pudica (both of the family Mimosaceae (Leguminosae)).
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in British Chemical Abstracts. From German Mimosin from Mimosa + -in.
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