homocysteine
homocysteine noun: an amino acid which is monitored in the blood to estimate risk of cardiovascular disease.
Noun
homocysteine (countable and uncountable, plural homocysteines)
- An amino acid which is monitored in the blood to estimate risk of cardiovascular disease.
- One possible explanation for the low plasma cystine in homocystinuric patients who are given sufficient dietary cystine is the high plasma concentration of the cysteine-homocysteine mixed disulfide.1989, L. A. Smolin, N. A. Benevenga, Chapter 8: Methionine, Homocyst(e)ine, Cysteine—Metabolic Interrelationships, Mendel Friedman, Absorption and Utilization of Amino Acids, Volume 1, CRC Press...
- Homocysteine, a metabolite of the methionine cycle, is a strong independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease.2000, Donald W. Jacobsen, 3. Biochemistry and Metabolism, Killian Robinson (editor), Homocysteine and Vascular Disease, Kluwer Academic, page 15
Forms of homocysteine
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Origin of homocysteine
From homo- + cysteine.
Words formed from homocysteine
Questions about homocysteine
- What does homocysteine mean?
- Homocysteine means an amino acid which is monitored in the blood to estimate risk of cardiovascular disease.
- What part of speech is homocysteine?
- Homocysteine is a noun.
- What is the plural of homocysteine?
- The plural of homocysteine is homocysteines.
Words near homocysteine in the dictionary
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