Chem. Also -ine. [a. F. spermatine, f. as prec. + -ine -IN1.] An albuminic constituent of the spermatic fluid.
1836–9. Todd’s Cycl. Anat., II. 458/2. In the spermatic fluid of the horse, Lassaigne has detected … Peculiar animal matter called spermatine.
1856. Orr’s Circ. Sci., Pract. Chem., 317. The seminal principle (spermatine), is … nearly analogous to albuminous substances.
1873. Ralfe, Phys. Chem., 176. The peculiar albuminoid substance, spermatin, is probably a mixture of globulin and lecithin.
