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kynurenic acid

kynurenic acid noun: a metabolite of tryptophan that has antiexcitotoxic and anticonvulsant activity.

Noun

kynurenic acid (uncountable)

  1. A metabolite of tryptophan that has antiexcitotoxic and anticonvulsant activity.

Origin of kynurenic acid

From Ancient Greek κῠ́ων, κῠνός (kŭ́ōn, kŭnós, “dog”) + οὖρον (oûron, “urine”); so called because discovered in dog urine.

Words formed from kynurenic acid

Questions about kynurenic acid

What does kynurenic acid mean?
Kynurenic acid means a metabolite of tryptophan that has antiexcitotoxic and anticonvulsant activity.
What part of speech is kynurenic acid?
Kynurenic acid is a noun.

Words near kynurenic acid in the dictionary

  1. kynuramine
  2. kynuramines
  3. kynurenate
  4. kynurenates
  5. kynurenic
  6. kynurenic acid
  7. kynurenin
  8. kynureninase
  9. kynureninases
  10. kynurenine
  11. kynurenines

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