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betaine (/ˈbiːtə.iːn, bɪˈteɪ-, -ɪn/) in
chemistry is any
neutral chemical compound with a
positively charged cationic functional group that
bears no...
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carboxylate group.
Trimethylglycine was the
first betaine discovered;
originally it was
simply called betaine because it was
discovered in
sugar beets (Beta...
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Cocamidopropyl betaine (CAPB) is a
mixture of
closely related organic compounds derived from
coconut oil and dimethylaminopropylamine. CAPB is available...
- zwitterions, are in
chemical equilibrium with an
uncharged "parent" molecule.
Betaines are
zwitterions that
cannot isomerize to an all-neutral form, such as when...
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transformation of
betaine aldehyde to
glycine betaine.
Betaine aldehyde is a
substrate for
choline dehydrogenase (mitochondrial).
Glycine betaine aldehyde is...
- Reichardt's dye (
Betaine 30) is an
organic dye
belonging to the
class of
azomerocyanine betaines. This dye is
notable for its
solvatochromic properties...
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Chloral betaine (USAN, BAN) (brand
names Beta-Chlor, Somilan), also
known as
cloral betaine (INN), is a sedative-hypnotic drug. It was
introduced by Mead...
- In enzymology, a
betaine-aldehyde
dehydrogenase (EC 1.2.1.8) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction betaine aldehyde + NAD+ + H2O ⇌ {\displaystyle...
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ergothioneine starts with the
methylation of
histidine to
produce histidine betaine (hercynine). The
sulfur atom is then
incorporated from cysteine. The biosynthetic...
- In the
field of enzymology, a
betaine-homocysteine S-methyltransferase also
known as
betaine-homocysteine
methyltransferase (BHMT) is a zinc metallo-enzyme...
