glyoxaline

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
glyoxaline
    n 1: an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor [syn:
         {imidazole}, {iminazole}, {glyoxaline}]
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Glyoxaline \Gly*ox"a*line\, n. (Chem.)
   A white, crystalline, organic base, {C3H4N2}, produced by the
   action of ammonia on glyoxal, and forming the origin of a
   large class of derivatives hence, any one of the series of
   which glyoxaline is a type; -- called also {oxaline}.
   [1913 Webster]
    

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