Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An organic base, C16H23NO5, existing as a sulphocyanate in white mustardseed. The free base is quite unstable, and has not been obtained.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An alkaloid occuring in the seeds of mustard. It is extracted, in combination with sulphocyanic acid, as a white crystalline substance, having a hot, bitter taste. When sinapine is isolated it is unstable and undergoes decomposition.
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- noun organic chemistry An
alkaloidal amine found in black mustardseeds , considered acholine ester ofsinapic acid .
Etymologies
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Latin sinapi, sinapis, mustard, Ancient Greek: compare French sinapine.
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When boiled with baryta water, sinapine decomposes into sinapic acid, C_ {11} H_ {12} O_ {5}, and choline,
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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