cadaverine
noun
ca·dav·er·ine
kə-ˈda-və-ˌrēn 
: a syrupy colorless poisonous ptomaine C5H14N2 formed by decarboxylation of lysine especially in putrefaction of flesh
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After testing 93 smelly chemicals on representative zebrafish TAARs, the authors found a match: cadaverine turns on a receptor called TAAR13c.
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Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2013
Chemistry professor Timothy Swager and colleagues ran a minute electrical current through tiny cylinders of carbon atoms called nanotubes to detect compounds that rotting meat exudes — chemicals with evocative names like putrescine and cadaverine.
—Katherine Kornei, Discover Magazine, 20 Jan. 2016
Not solely the sign of a rotting carcass, cadaverine and putrescine also show up in urine and bad breath.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2013
The presence of salt slows this fermentation process, promoting lactic acid bacteria that defeat pathogens and such foul-smelling toxins as cadaverine and putrescine.
—Taras Grescoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2021
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Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2013
Chemistry professor Timothy Swager and colleagues ran a minute electrical current through tiny cylinders of carbon atoms called nanotubes to detect compounds that rotting meat exudes — chemicals with evocative names like putrescine and cadaverine.
—Katherine Kornei, Discover Magazine, 20 Jan. 2016
Not solely the sign of a rotting carcass, cadaverine and putrescine also show up in urine and bad breath.
—Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 13 Nov. 2013
The presence of salt slows this fermentation process, promoting lactic acid bacteria that defeat pathogens and such foul-smelling toxins as cadaverine and putrescine.
—Taras Grescoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2021
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cadaverine
noun
ca·dav·er·ine
kə-ˈdav-ə-ˌrēn
: a syrupy colorless poisonous ptomaine C5H14N2 formed by decarboxylation of lysine especially in putrefaction of flesh
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