Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sweet-tasting crystalline alkaloid, C5H11NO2, found in sugar beets and other plants, used to treat certain metabolic disorders, especially an enzyme defect that causes excessive levels of homocysteine in the blood and urine.
- noun Any of several alkaloids with similar structures.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also
lycine andoxyneurine . It has a sweetish taste.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun uncountable, organic chemistry A sweet, crystalline
compound (not analkaloid ), trimethylammoniumacetate, found insugar beet and similar plants, sometimes used to treatmuscular degeneracy ; thezwitterion (CH3)3N+CH2COO- - noun countable, organic chemistry Any
derivative of this compound. - noun countable, organic chemistry, by extension Any similar compound, based on
sulfur orphosphorus etc, having anonium ion with nohydrogen atom adjacent to theanionic atom.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a sweet tasting alkaloid that occurs in sugar beets
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Oxalic acid, betacyanins, alkaloids such as betaine, cyanogenic compounds, saponins, sesquiterpenes, and polyphenols all have been reported present in various species.
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"Beetroots are rich in the nutrient betaine, which is important for cardiovascular health.
Will Type For Food 2009
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This wheat has higher levels of folate, betaine, calcium, lutein, Onega-3 fatty acids, fiber, selenium and vitamin B-6 than annual whole wheat.
Julie Brothers: Farm To Fork Across America: In The Body Of Bread Julie Brothers 2011
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This wheat has higher levels of folate, betaine, calcium, lutein, Onega-3 fatty acids, fiber, selenium and vitamin B-6 than annual whole wheat.
Julie Brothers: Farm To Fork Across America: In The Body Of Bread Julie Brothers 2011
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You need to eat plenty of leafy greens, beans, fruit, and whole grains to get adequate levels of vitamins B6 and B12, betaine and folate (all in the right nature made forms).
Mark Hyman, MD: Nutrition Tips: Folic Acid: Killer or Cure-All? 2010
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Try using a cleanser with an extra-gentle surfactant such as polysorbate 85 or 60, cocamidropropyl betaine, or caprylic acid, and make sure it has added humectants and emollients.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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Try using a cleanser with an extra-gentle surfactant such as polysorbate 85 or 60, cocamidropropyl betaine, or caprylic acid, and make sure it has added humectants and emollients.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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Try using a cleanser with an extra-gentle surfactant such as polysorbate 85 or 60, cocamidropropyl betaine, or caprylic acid, and make sure it has added humectants and emollients.
Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009
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You may find it beneficial to take a digestive enzyme or betaine hydrochloric acid.
Natural Ways to Increase Blood Flow to the Extremities. 2007
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I, too, love choline along with betaine as a good methylating agent.
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