ptomatropine

ptomatropine
A ptomaine characterized by poisonous properties similar to those of atropine; formed by the action of bacteria in the decarboxylation of amino acid s.

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pto·mat·ro·pine (to-matґro-pēn) [ptomaine + atropine] a poison from putrid sausages and the viscera of corpses of those dead from typhoid fever; it has effects somewhat like those of atropine.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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  • ptomaine — An indefinite term applied to poisonous substances, e.g., toxic amines, formed in the decomposition of protein by the decarboxylation of amino acid s by bacterial action. SYN: ptomatine. [G. ptoma, a corpse] * * * pto· …   Medical dictionary

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