betaine

/bee-tuh-een, -in; bih-tey-een, -in/US // ˈbi təˌin, -ɪn; bɪˈteɪ in, -ɪn //UK // (ˈbiːtəˌiːn, -ɪn, bɪˈteɪiːn, -ɪn) //

甜菜碱,甜菜素,甜菜硷,可卡因

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Chemistry, Pharmacology.
- : a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble, sweet-tasting alkaloid, C5H11NO2, usually obtained from sugar beets or synthesized from glycine, used chiefly in medicine.

A hydrochlorate, a sulphate, an aurochloride, and a platinic chloride of betaine have been prepared.
It is a product of the decomposition of choline, betaine, and neuridine, when these substances are distilled with potash.
Betaine and choline often occur together in the germs of many plants.