What's the difference between ambergris and ambrein?

Ambergris


Definition:

  • (n.) A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secretion in the intestines of the sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), which is believed to be in all cases its true origin. In color it is white, ash-gray, yellow, or black, and often variegated like marble. The floating masses are sometimes from sixty to two hundred and twenty-five pounds in weight. It is wholly volatilized as a white vapor at 212¡ Fahrenheit, and is highly valued in perfumery.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The island that took the top spot in the best in the world category was Ambergris Caye in Belize, a tiny island beside the second largest coral reef on the planet, which attracts divers and snorkellers.
  • (2) A couple walk along the beach on the island of Ambergris Caye, Belize.
  • (3) After sampling her tea – this absurdly precious, unerringly pretentious, wholly underwhelming ambergris spewed from the belly of a corporate leviathan – I can only wish that karma back on her.
  • (4) Lesions included heavy combative scarring of the head, grossly roughened and thickened skin on the lower left flank, cutaneous maculae, genital papillomatosis, partial duodenal obstruction by plastic debris, colo-rectal obstruction by ambergris, cystic degeneration of the right kidney, and a deeply ulcerative gastric nematodiasis.
  • (5) Even sperm whale excretions – in the form of ambergris – are the most valuable natural substances known to us, still used as a fixative in high-fashion perfumes.
  • (6) The compound ambrein was isolated from ambergris, which is commonly used as an analgesic in the Saudi folklore medicine.

Ambrein


Definition:

  • (n.) A fragrant substance which is the chief constituent of ambergris.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Results suggested that the hypoglycemic activity of ambrein may be mediated by enhanced glucose utilization.
  • (2) Ambrein reduced the blood glucose level of normal and moderately alloxan-diabetic rats but did not reduce the blood glucose levels of severely-diabetic rats.
  • (3) The LD50 of ambrein, given intraperitoneally (i.p.)
  • (4) In the hotplate test, ambrein was found to possess antinociceptive activity in mice at doses which did not sedate or incapacitate the animals.
  • (5) The possible mechanism of ambrein antinociception is discussed.
  • (6) The compound ambrein was isolated from ambergris, which is commonly used as an analgesic in the Saudi folklore medicine.
  • (7) Ambrein did not reduce the hyperglycemia of glucose-loaded rats also given mannoheptulose but it reduced the hyperglycemia of glucose-loaded rats in the absence of mannoheptulose.

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