An amino acid, C₅H₄O₂N·CH₂CH(NH₂)COOH, found in the tropical tree Leucaena leucocephala and in the sensitive plant Mimosa pudica (both of the family Mimosaceae (Leguminosae)).
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in British Chemical Abstracts. From German Mimosin from Mimosa + -in.
Definition of mimosine in US English:
mimosine
(also mimosin)
nounmɪˈməʊsiːn
Chemistry
An amino acid, C₅H₄O₂N·CH₂CH(NH₂)COOH, found in the tropical tree Leucaena leucocephala and in the sensitive plant Mimosa pudica (both of the family Mimosaceae (Leguminosae)).
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in British Chemical Abstracts. From German Mimosin from Mimosa + -in.