Creatine. World English Historical Dictionary

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Also kre-. [f. Gr. κρέας, *κρεατ- + -INE.] An organic base, C4 H9 N3 O2, discovered in 1835 by Chevreul in the juice of flesh.

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1840.  Penny Cycl., XVII. 49/2. Osmazome contains a peculiar substance, to which he [Chevreul] has given the name of créatin.… Creatin is solid, inodorous, insipid.

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1851.  [see CREATININE].

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1858.  Thudichum, Urine, 116. Creatine is present in the blood and urine of man and animals.

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1872.  Huxley, Physiol., vii. 160. Kreatin, a crystalline body … supposed to be the chief form in which nitrogenous waste matter leaves the muscle on its way to become urea.

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