Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Mothylaminoacetic acid, a sweetish crystalline substance, NH(CH3).CH2COOH, made by boiling caffein or creatine with barium hydroxid; also by the action of monochloracetic acid on methylamine. It melts at 210–215° C. Also called
methylglycine .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry The
amino acid N-methyl -glycine ; it is present in most tissue, and has a number of industrial applications
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- noun a sweetish crystalline amino acid
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Examples
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Researchers at the University of Michigan have identified a molecular waste product of tumors, called sarcosine, that is elevated in the urine of men with advanced prostate cancers.
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One promising - if preliminary - finding is that men whose urine contains a high concentration of a molecule called sarcosine appear to be more likely to have advanced prostate cancer, according to a recent study from University of Michigan researchers.
unknown title 2009
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Elevated urine concentrations of a compound called sarcosine in men with prostate cancer may signal an aggressive malignancy. (p. 10)
Science News / Features, Blog Entries, Column Entries, Issues, News Items and Book Reviews 2009
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These products are carbon dioxide, formic acid, ammonia, methyl-amine, and sarcosine, the last three being of course in combination with the excess of hydrochloric acid.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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Expression of sarcosine (A) and ensa (B) in brain of adult male zebrafish following exposure of 4-NP.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Gayathri Chandrasekar et al. 2010
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To test these two orthologues in our zebrafish system, we designed primers specific to the zebrafish sarcosine and ensa genes, and used these primers on cDNA derived from brain of male zebrafish exposed to 4-NP.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Gayathri Chandrasekar et al. 2010
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Tests that measure levels of sarcosine in tissue, blood, or urine may eventually provide information about the presence and aggressiveness of prostate cancer.
unknown title 2009
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Tests that measure levels of sarcosine in tissue, blood, or urine may eventually provide information about the presence and aggressiveness of prostate cancer.
unknown title 2009
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Tests that measure levels of sarcosine in tissue, blood, or urine may eventually provide information about the presence and aggressiveness of prostate cancer.
unknown title 2009
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Nervous imperative side genes reported during hyperlipidemia for motel dependence have included promastigote (7%), shape (4%), sarcosine (4%), affirmation (4%), refrigeration (3%), image (2%), and proportion (2%).
Wii-volution 2010
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