Meanings
- uncountablebiochemistryA nitrogenous body that contains no phosphorus, related to cerebrin, supposed to exist in the brain.
On the basis of these observations the following constitutional formula for phrenosin (C₄₈H₉₅O₉N) has been suggested [Rosenheim 1916]
1918, Hugh Maclean, Lecithin and Allied Substances, the Lipins, page 1012 more examples
In both methods the crude galctosides were separated into the phrenosin and kerasin fraction by fractional crystallization at various temperatures.
1913, Otto Rosenheim, The Galactosides of the Brain and Their ConstitutionOn decomposition of phrenosin, the crebronic acid breaks off first and there remains a compound of sphingosin and galactose of a basic nature named psychosin, C₂₃H₄₅NO₇.
1915, Albert Prescott Mathews, Physiological chemistry, page 577Synonyms: cerebron
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA nitrogenous body that contains no phosphorus, related to cerebrin, supposed to exist in the brain.
Origin
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