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n. A sweet crystalline alkaloid, C5H11NO2, occurring in sugar beets and other plants and used in the treatment of certain metabolic disorders.

n. Any of several alkaloids with similar structures.

n. A sweet, crystalline compound (not an alkaloid), trimethylammoniumacetate, found in sugar beet and similar plants, sometimes used to treat muscular degeneracy; the zwitterion (CH3)3N+CH2COO-

n. Any derivative of this compound.

n. Any similar compound, based on sulfur or phosphorus etc, having an onium ion with no hydrogen atom adjacent to the anionic atom.

n. A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also lycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste.

n. a sweet tasting alkaloid that occurs in sugar beets

"Oxalic acid, betacyanins, alkaloids such as betaine, cyanogenic compounds, saponins, sesquiterpenes, and polyphenols all have been reported present in various species."

alkaloid   

lycine    oxyneurine   

sulfobetaine    polybetaine   

malonate    polysaccharide    solanine    diazonium    biotin    histamine    cadinene    saponin    tosylate    terephthalate