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Results 1 - 4 of 4 for Trimethylamine
  1. ... which the body is unable to break down trimethylamine, a chemical compound that has a pungent odor. Trimethylamine has been described as smelling like rotten or ...
  2. Learning about Trimethylaminuria From the National Institutes of Health (National Human Genome Research Institute)  
    ... which an individual is not able to convert trimethylamine into a compound called trimethylamine N-oxide.
  3. ... from the diet. One of these compounds is trimethylamine, which is the molecule that gives fish their fishy smell. Trimethylamine is produced as bacteria in the intestine help ...
  4. ... with heart disease. It suggests that the chemical— trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO)—significantly increases with a diet ...