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butyrylthiocholine

butyrylthiocholine noun: the butyryl derivative of the thiocholine cation; its iodide is used for the determination of plasma cholinesterase variants.

Noun

butyrylthiocholine (plural butyrylthiocholines)

  1. The butyryl derivative of the thiocholine cation; its iodide is used for the determination of plasma cholinesterase variants
    • AChE (EC 3.1.1.7) and BuChE (EC 3.1.1.8) from bovine erythrocytes, acetylthiocholine iodide (ATChI), butyrylthiocholine iodide, 5:5-dithiobis-2-nitrobenzoic acid (DTNB), and sodium bicarbonate were purchased from Sigma, UK.2015, Suresh Kumar, “Dual inhibition of acetylcholinesterase and butyrylcholinesterase enzymes by allicin”, in Indian Journal of Pharmacology, volume 47, →DOI

Forms of butyrylthiocholine

pluralbutyrylthiocholines

Origin of butyrylthiocholine

From butyryl + thiocholine.

Questions about butyrylthiocholine

What does butyrylthiocholine mean?
Butyrylthiocholine means the butyryl derivative of the thiocholine cation; its iodide is used for the determination of plasma cholinesterase variants.
What part of speech is butyrylthiocholine?
Butyrylthiocholine is a noun.
What is the plural of butyrylthiocholine?
The plural of butyrylthiocholine is butyrylthiocholines.

Words near butyrylthiocholine in the dictionary

  1. butyrylations
  2. butyrylcholine
  3. butyrylcholinesterase
  4. butyrylcholinesterases
  5. butyryls
  6. butyrylthiocholine
  7. butyrylthiocholines
  8. butyryltransferase
  9. butyryltransferases
  10. Butzer
  11. Butzers

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