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mimosine Chem.|mɪˈməʊsiːn|
Also † mimosin.
[ad. G. mimosin (J. Renz, at the suggestion of K. Suessenguth, 1936 in Zeitschr. f. physiol. Chem. CCXLIV. 154), f. mimosa + -ine5.]
An amino-acid, C5H4O2N·CH2CH (NH2)COOH, found in the tree Leucæna glauca and in Mimosa pudica, the sensitive plant.
1937Brit. Chem. Abstr. A. iii. 50/2 The sap from the tubular cells of young shoots and leaf stalks of Mimosa pudica, L., and Leucaena glauca, Benth., yield mimosin. 1949T. A. Henry Plant Alkaloids (ed. 4) 5 Kostermanns has also investigated mimosine with results indicating that it is a derivative of 3:4-dihydroxypyridine. 1971Toxicon IX. 241 When animals ingest..mimosine they suffer from growth retardation, alopecia, skin irritation and cataract formation. |
