sarcosine

sarcosine
/sahr"keuh seen', -sin/, n. Chem.
a crystalline compound, C3H7NO2, with a sweet taste, soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol: used in the manufacture of toothpaste, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.
[ < G Sarkosin (1847), appar. irregular deriv. from Gk sárx, s. sark- flesh, and G -in -INE2]

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