sinapine
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Latin sinapi, sinapis (“mustard”), Ancient Greek: compare French sinapine.
Noun[edit]
sinapine (plural sinapines)
- (organic chemistry) An alkaloidal amine found in seeds of black mustard (Brassica nigra, syns. Sinapis erysimoides, Sinapis tetraedra), considered a choline ester of sinapic acid.