01 n. A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, closely related to xanthin and uric acid, widely distributed through the animal body, but especially …
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A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, closely related to xanthin and uric acid, widely distributed through the animal body, but especially in muscle tissue; -- called also sarcin, sarkin.(Physiol. Chem.) Also: sarcin, sarkin