sarcosine

American  

[sahr-kuh-seen, -sin] / ˈsɑr kəˌsin, -sɪn /

noun

Chemistry.

1. a crystalline compound, C 3 H 7 NO 2 , with a sweet taste, soluble in water, slightly soluble in alcohol: used in the manufacture of toothpaste, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals.

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Etymology

Origin of sarcosine

< German Sarkosin (1847), apparently irregular derivative from Greek sárx, stem sark- flesh, and German -in -ine ²

Example Sentences

“We realized it has nothing to do with sarcosine, but it has everything to do with pipecolic acid,” Kachroo told Salon.

From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025

According to the study, scanning for sarcosine proved a more accurate mode of cancer detection than scanning for the PSA protein.

From Time Magazine Archive

Warning that their work needed far more investigation, the researchers also raised the possibility that sarcosine could be a "therapeutic target" that might one day offer an effective treatment of the disease.

From Time Magazine Archive

"We don't even know that sarcosine is the most promising metabolite," says Michael Shen, also a professor at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, who co-authored the Nature commentary with Abate-Shen, his wife.

From Time Magazine Archive

These products are carbon dioxide, formic acid, ammonia, methyl-amine, and sarcosine, the last three being of course in combination with the excess of hydrochloric acid.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 by Various