polyamine

English

Etymology

From poly- +‎ -amine.

Noun

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Wikipedia

polyamine (plural polyamines)

1. (organic chemistry) Any compound having more than one amino functional group; especially such compounds formed by decomposition of proteins, and especially those that have more than two amino groups.

   Hyponyms: triamine, tetraamine

Derived terms

• acetylpolyamine
• acylpolyamine
• polyamine oxidase
• polyaminergic

Related terms

• polyaminopolycarboxylic acid
• polyaminosaccharide

French

Noun

polyamine f (plural polyamines)

1. polyamine

Further reading

• “polyamine”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.