ptomaines

Both plant and animal foods undergo bacterial changes resulting in the production of alkaloidal bodies known as ptomaines, of which there are a large number.

Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value Harry Snyder

Another class of bases of an alkaloidal nature, are termed ptomaines; these differ from the leucomaines, being produced by putrefactive or bacterial agency from dead flesh.

The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition A. W. Duncan

They are no longer called ptomaines, because many ptomaines are not poisonous.

The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) Kenelm Winslow

Moreover, there is a large class of which we are learning much which are called the ptomaines -- from ptoma, a corpse.

The Dream Doctor 1908

Poisons such as ptomaines, fatty acids and even true toxins are produced.

The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition A. W. Duncan

In an age when the existence of ptomaines is a mystery we should not wonder at anything!

Dracula 2003

Paraphrase the last clause into "spoiled ox and ptomaines therewith," and you may keep not only self-respect, but that of the neighbors.

Dishes & Beverages of the Old South Martha McCulloch-Williams

As a result of this putrefaction there are produced certain ptomaines and leucomaines.

The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies

The bacterioscopic examination of unsound food is chiefly directed to the detection of those members of the Coli-typhoid group -- B. enteritidis of Gaertner and its allies -- which are usually associated with epidemic outbreaks of food poisoning, and such anaerobic bacteria as initiate putrefactive changes in the food which result in the formation of poisonous ptomaines, consequently the quantitative examination pure and simple is frequently omitted.

The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.

It may arise from the use of the flesh of an animal suffering from some disease, from inoculation with micro-organisms, or from the presence of toxalbumoses or ptomaines.

Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology