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dihydroxyvitamins

dihydroxyvitamins is the plural of dihydroxyvitamin.

Meaning of dihydroxyvitamin

Noun

dihydroxyvitamin (plural dihydroxyvitamins)

  1. A physiologically active metabolite of a vitamin, with two hydroxy groups substituted in any position.
    • It is also well understood that the vitamins themselves are not biologically active but that they are first converted to the 1a,25-dihydroxyvitamins (386 and 154, respectively) which exhibit the biological behavior associated with the vitamins.2008, Vitamin D Handbook: Structures, Synonyms, and Properties, page vii

Questions about dihydroxyvitamins

What is dihydroxyvitamins the plural of?
Dihydroxyvitamins is the plural of dihydroxyvitamin.

Words near dihydroxyvitamins in the dictionary

  1. dihydroxysuccinic acid
  2. dihydroxysuccinic acids
  3. dihydroxytryptamine
  4. dihydroxytryptamines
  5. dihydroxyvitamin
  6. dihydroxyvitamins
  7. dihydrozeatin
  8. dii ex machina
  9. dii ex machinis
  10. Dii Majores
  11. diiamb

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