CEREBRIN
\səɹˈiːbɹɪn], \səɹˈiːbɹɪn], \s_ə_ɹ_ˈiː_b_ɹ_ɪ_n]\
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A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whether it exists as such in nerve tissue, or is a product of the decomposition of some more complex substance.
By Oddity Software
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A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whether it exists as such in nerve tissue, or is a product of the decomposition of some more complex substance.
By Noah Webster.
By William R. Warner
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A glucoside, C70H140N2O13,compounded of galactose and stearic acid, produced by the decomposition of protagon, and found in the brain, nerves, and spleen.
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Generically, any cerebroside.
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An extract made from brain tissue and used as a remedy in insanity.
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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A substance obtained from brain tissue by boiling with a saturated solution of baryta, washing the precipitate with water, and boiling again with absolute alcohol. It is a snow-white, microcrystalline powder containing carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen, insoluble in water, but soluble in boiling alcohol. [Lat.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
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