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homocarnosine

homocarnosine noun: the amino acid (E)-N-(4-amino-1-hydroxybutylidene)-L-histidine.

Noun

homocarnosine (uncountable)

  1. The amino acid (E)-N-(4-amino-1-hydroxybutylidene)-L-histidine
    • Lutein concentrations correlated with lipid pathway metabolites, energy pathway metabolites, brain osmolytes, amino acid neurotransmitters, and the antioxidant homocarnosine.2015 August 29, “Exploratory Metabolomic Analyses Reveal Compounds Correlated with Lutein Concentration in Frontal Cortex, Hippocampus, and Occipital Cortex of Human Infant Brain”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of homocarnosine

From homo- + carnosine.

Words formed from homocarnosine

Questions about homocarnosine

What does homocarnosine mean?
Homocarnosine means the amino acid (E)-N-(4-amino-1-hydroxybutylidene)-L-histidine.
What part of speech is homocarnosine?
Homocarnosine is a noun.

Words near homocarnosine in the dictionary

  1. homobrochate
  2. homocapitalism
  3. homocapitalist
  4. homocapitalists
  5. homocapsaicin
  6. homocarnosine
  7. homocarnosinosis
  8. homocarpic
  9. homocarpous
  10. homocarpy
  11. homocaust

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