
Octopine is a derivative of the amino acids arginine and alanine. It was the first member of the class of chemical compounds known as opines to be discovered. Octopine gets its name from Octopus octopodia from which it was first isolated in 1927. Octopine has been isolated from the muscle tissue of invertebrates such as octopus, Pecten maximus and...
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octopine A reference to octopi.
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