1910 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XCVIII. i. 825The guanidino⁓butyric acid which crystallises out is purified by conversion into the hydrochloride.
1951 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. LXXXIII. 1870/1The basic nature of the guanidino group indicated that it might also be a specific site for water absorption.
1952 E. H. Rodd Chem. Carbon Compounds I. xiv. 932Guanidino acids. This group includes the biologically important compounds creatine and arginine.
1965 P. A. S. Smith Chem. Open-ChainOrg. Nitrogen Compounds I. vi. 277The prefix ‘guanidino’, for H2NC({b2}NH)NH{b1}, is used in cases where naming the substituent on guanidine would be awkward or would misplace the desired emphasis; e.g. guanidinoacetic acid, H2NC({b2}NH)NHCH2COOH.
guanidino-
combining form
also guanido-
Etymology: guanidino-, International Scientific Vocabulary, from guanidine + -o-; guanido- from guanidine + -o-
: containing the univalent group H2NC( . NH)NH− derived from guanidine by removal of one hydrogen atom
also guanido-