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deoxypyridinoline

deoxypyridinoline noun: one of two pyridinium crosslinks that provide structural stiffness to type I collagen found in bones.

Noun

deoxypyridinoline (uncountable)

  1. One of two pyridinium crosslinks that provide structural stiffness to type I collagen found in bones.
    • Two systematic review and meta-analysis studies of randomized controlled trials by ingestion of soy isoflavones in menopausal women revealed a significant improvement in lumbar spine BMD, significant decrease in urine deoxypyridinoline as a bone resorption marker, improvement in bone strength and...2015 July 8, Ozra Tabatabaei-Malazy, Bagher Larijani, Mohammad Abdollahi, “Targeting metabolic disorders by natural products”, in Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders, volume 14, →DOI

Questions about deoxypyridinoline

What does deoxypyridinoline mean?
Deoxypyridinoline means one of two pyridinium crosslinks that provide structural stiffness to type I collagen found in bones.
What part of speech is deoxypyridinoline?
Deoxypyridinoline is a noun.

Words near deoxypyridinoline in the dictionary

  1. deoxyoligonucleotides
  2. deoxypeganine
  3. deoxypentose
  4. deoxypentoses
  5. deoxypiridoxine
  6. deoxypyridinoline
  7. deoxypyridoxine
  8. deoxypyridoxines
  9. deoxyriboaldolase
  10. deoxyriboaldolases
  11. deoxyribodipyrimidine

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