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guanidine (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 guanidines)
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出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/04/19 20:35 UTC 版)
Guanidine is a crystalline compound of strong alkalinity formed by the oxidation of guanine. It is used in the manufacture of plastics and explosives. It is found in urine as a normal product of protein metabolism. The molecule was first synthesized in 1861 by the oxidative degradation of an aromatic natural product, guanine, isolated from Peruvian guano. Despite the simplicity of the molecule, the crystal structure was first described 148 years later.