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homocysteines

homocysteines is the plural of homocysteine.

Meaning of homocysteine

Noun

homocysteine (countable and uncountable, plural homocysteines)

  1. 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...

Questions about homocysteines

What is homocysteines the plural of?
Homocysteines is the plural of homocysteine.

Words near homocysteines in the dictionary

  1. homocysteic
  2. homocysteinase
  3. homocysteinases
  4. homocysteine
  5. homocysteinemia
  6. homocysteines
  7. homocysteinuria
  8. homocysteinurias
  9. homocysteinuric
  10. homocysteinylate
  11. homocysteinylated

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