Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Neurine is an alkaloid found in egg yolk brain bile and in cadavers. It is formed during putrefaction of biological tissues by the dehydration of choline. It is a poisonous syrupy liquid with a fishy odor.Neurine is a quaternary ammonium salt with three methyl groups and one vinyl group attached to the nitrogen atom. Synthetically neurine can be prepared by the reaction of acetylene with trimethylamine. Neurine is unstable and decomposes readily to form trimethylamine.
