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homoarginine

homoarginine noun: the amino acid (2S)-2-amino-6-(diaminomethylideneamino)hexanoic acid.

Noun

homoarginine (countable and uncountable, plural homoarginines)

  1. The amino acid (2S)-2-amino-6-(diaminomethylideneamino)hexanoic acid
    • Arginine and homoarginine were detected at λex = 337 nm, λem = 520 nm, and λem = 454 nm was used for (ADMA) and symmetric dimethylarginine (SDMA).2015 August 28, “Elevated Levels of Asymmetric Dimethylarginine (ADMA) in the Pericardial Fluid of Cardiac Patients Correlate with Cardiac Hypertrophy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of homoarginine

pluralhomoarginines

Origin of homoarginine

From homo- + arginine.

Questions about homoarginine

What does homoarginine mean?
Homoarginine means the amino acid (2S)-2-amino-6-(diaminomethylideneamino)hexanoic acid.
What part of speech is homoarginine?
Homoarginine is a noun.
What is the plural of homoarginine?
The plural of homoarginine is homoarginines.

Words near homoarginine in the dictionary

  1. homoanhydride
  2. homoanhydrides
  3. homoanserine
  4. homoantagonism
  5. homoantagonistic
  6. homoarginine
  7. homoarginines
  8. homoaromatic
  9. homoaromaticity
  10. homoatomic
  11. homobaldrinal

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