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kynurenate

kynurenate noun: any salt or ester of kynurenic acid.

Noun

kynurenate (plural kynurenates)

  1. Any salt or ester of kynurenic acid.
    • This analysis showed that little tryptophan was catabolised via the kynurenate pathway in any of the three species and that most was transformed to indole-3-lactate and released into the medium.2015 September 15, “Metabolomic Analyses of Leishmania Reveal Multiple Species Differences and Large Differences in Amino Acid Metabolism”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of kynurenate

pluralkynurenates

Origin of kynurenate

From kynurenic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Questions about kynurenate

What does kynurenate mean?
Kynurenate means any salt or ester of kynurenic acid.
What part of speech is kynurenate?
Kynurenate is a noun.
What is the plural of kynurenate?
The plural of kynurenate is kynurenates.

Words near kynurenate in the dictionary

  1. kynology
  2. kynophobia
  3. Kynthos
  4. kynuramine
  5. kynuramines
  6. kynurenate
  7. kynurenates
  8. kynurenic
  9. kynurenic acid
  10. kynurenin
  11. kynureninase

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