See Also: beta-sulfinylpyruvic acid(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Nissl(dictionary)
Nissl(medicine)
Nissl's stain(medicine)
Nissl granule(medicine)
Nissl granules(medicine)
Nissl bodies(medicine)
Nissl substance(medicine)
Nissl degeneration(medicine)

beta-sulfinylpyruvic acid (medicine) and Nissl (iou)


beta-sulfinylpyruvic acid (medicine)


beta-sulfinylpyruvic acid
<biochemistry> An intermediate product of l-cysteine catabolism in mammalian tissue.

Structure: HO2S-CH2-CO-COOH


Nissl (iou)



Nissl noun. L19.
[Franz Nissl (1860-1919), German neurologist.]
Anatomy. Used attrib. and in possess. with ref. to a method for staining nerve cells.
Nissl body a large basophilic granule containing ribosomes and found in the cell body of neurones. Nissl degeneration degeneration of the body of a neurone and disintegration of its Nissl bodies after its axon is cut. Nissl granule = Nissl body above. Nissl stain, Nissl's stain a dye which stains the cell bodies of neurones, esp. methylene blue. Nissl substance Nissl bodies collectively.