sarcosine

IPA: sɑrkʌsˈini

(organic chemistry) The amino acid N-methyl-glycine; it is present in most tissue, and has a number of industrial applications

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Expression of sarcosine (A) and ensa (B) in brain of adult male zebrafish following exposure of 4-NP.
Elevated urine concentrations of a compound called sarcosine in men with prostate cancer may signal an aggressive malignancy. (p. 10)
Tests that measure levels of sarcosine in tissue, blood, or urine may eventually provide information about the presence and aggressiveness of prostate cancer.
These products are carbon dioxide, formic acid, ammonia, methyl-amine, and sarcosine, the last three being of course in combination with the excess of hydrochloric acid.
Researchers at the University of Michigan have identified a molecular waste product of tumors, called sarcosine, that is elevated in the urine of men with advanced prostate cancers.
To test these two orthologues in our zebrafish system, we designed primers specific to the zebrafish sarcosine and ensa genes, and used these primers on cDNA derived from brain of male zebrafish exposed to 4-NP.
Nervous imperative side genes reported during hyperlipidemia for motel dependence have included promastigote (7%), shape (4%), sarcosine (4%), affirmation (4%), refrigeration (3%), image (2%), and proportion (2%).
One promising - if preliminary - finding is that men whose urine contains a high concentration of a molecule called sarcosine appear to be more likely to have advanced prostate cancer, according to a recent study from University of Michigan researchers.