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ninhydrin

[nin-hahy-drin]

noun Chemistry.

a white or yellow, toxic, crystalline or powdery compound, C9H4O3⋅H2O, that reddens when heated above 100°C, a monohydrate, soluble in water or alcohol: used primarily as a reagent to detect the presence of various amino acids.

Origin of ninhydrin

From German, registered as a trademark for the drug in 1912
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British Dictionary definitions for ninhydrin

ninhydrin

noun

a chemical reagent used for the detection and analysis of primary amines, esp amino acids, with which it forms a derivative with an intense purple colour

Word Origin for ninhydrin

C20: from the chemical name triketo hydrindene
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ninhydrin in Medicine

ninhydrin

[nĭn-hī′drĭn]

n.

A poisonous crystalline oxidizing agent used as an analytic reagent.
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