Creatine was identified in 1832 when Michel Eugène Chevreul discovered it as a component of skeletal muscle, which he later named after the Greek word for meat, κρέας ("kreas").
When Michel Eugène Chevreul discovered it as a component of skeletal muscle ("kreas"). This was what Creatine was identified in 1832. He later named after the Greek word for meat. He later was κρέας skeletal muscle.