noun

• A toxic liquid base, 1,5-diaminopentane, formed by the putrefaction of proteins.

  Chemical formula: H₂N(CH₂)₅NH₂

  ‘Measurements of the fluorescence of dansyl cadaverine attached to Gln 41 indicate substantial inhibition of the initial association of G-actin-S1 into longitudinal dimers.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘He attempted to coat the host pupae with several appropriately named diamines, such as putricine and cadaverine.’
  • ‘The names given to some of the staleing amines, ‘putrazine’ and ‘cadaverine’, speak volumes about the role of smell.’
  • ‘The noxious gases putrescine and cadaverine get on your clothes too.’
  • ‘The putrescine and the cadaverine concentrations were higher in the proximal than in the distal part of the intestinal lumen.’