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butyrine

butyrine noun: the alpha-amino acid derived from butyric acid.

Noun

butyrine (uncountable)

  1. The alpha-amino acid derived from butyric acid

Questions about butyrine

What does butyrine mean?
Butyrine means the alpha-amino acid derived from butyric acid.
What part of speech is butyrine?
Butyrine is a noun.

Words near butyrine in the dictionary

  1. butyric
  2. butyric acid
  3. butyric acids
  4. butyrin
  5. butyrinase
  6. butyrine
  7. butyrins
  8. butyrivibriocin
  9. butyrivibriocins
  10. butyro-
  11. butyrocholinesterase

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