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Definition of Leucomaine

Leucomaine
Leucomaine Leu*co"ma*ine (l[-u]*k[=o]"m[.a]*[i^]n or -[=e]n), n. [Leuco- + -maine, as in ptomaine.] (Physiol. Chem.) An animal base or alkaloid, appearing in the tissue during life; hence, a vital alkaloid, as distinguished from a ptomaine or cadaveric poison.

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- Victor Clarence; Novy, Frederick George (1 January 1896). Ptomaïnes, Leucomaïnes, Toxins and Antitoxins, Or, The Chemical Factors in the Causation of...
- su****ions. Vaughan and Novy published a book in 1886, Ptomaines and Leucomaines, or the Putrefactive and Physiological Alkaloids, which grew to 604 pages...