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Organic Chemicals > Amines > Polyamines > Diamines > Cadaverine
Organic Chemicals > Amines > Biogenic Amines > Biogenic Polyamines > Cadaverine

Preferred term

Cadaverine  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 1,5 Pentanediamine
  • 1,5-Pentanediamine
  • Pentamethylenediamine

Scope note

  • A foul-smelling diamine formed by bacterial DECARBOXYLATION of LYSINE. It is also an intermediate secondary metabolite in lysine-derived alkaloid biosynthetic pathways (e.g., QUINOLIZIDINES and LYCOPODIUM).

History note

  • 91(73); was see under DIAMINES 1973-90

In other languages

  • kadaveriini

    Finnish

  • 1,5-diaminopentaani
  • 1,5-pentaanidiamiini
  • pentametyleenidiamiini
  • Kadaverin

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002103

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