(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:51:28

Sar"co*sin (?), n. Physiol. Chem.

A crystalline nitrogenous substance, formed in the decomposition of creatin (one of the constituents of muscle tissue). Chemically, it is methyl glycocoll.

<-- N-Methylglycine, C3H7NO2. -->

 

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