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gabaculine

gabaculine noun: a naturally occurring neurotoxin, first isolated from Streptomyces toyacaensis bacteria, which acts as a potent and irreversible GABA transaminase inhibitor and GABA reuptake inhibitor.

Noun

gabaculine (uncountable)

  1. A naturally occurring neurotoxin, first isolated from Streptomyces toyacaensis bacteria, which acts as a potent and irreversible GABA transaminase inhibitor and GABA reuptake inhibitor.

Questions about gabaculine

What does gabaculine mean?
Gabaculine means a naturally occurring neurotoxin, first isolated from Streptomyces toyacaensis bacteria, which acts as a potent and irreversible GABA transaminase inhibitor and GABA reuptake inhibitor.
What part of speech is gabaculine?
Gabaculine is a noun.

Words near gabaculine in the dictionary

  1. gab
  2. gab-
  3. GABA
  4. GABA-ergic
  5. gaba-gaba
  6. gabaculine
  7. Gabae
  8. gabaergic
  9. GABAergics
  10. gabagool
  11. Gabaldon

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