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kynurenin

kynurenin is the alternative form of kynurenine.

Meaning of kynurenine

Noun

kynurenine (countable and uncountable, plural kynurenines)

  1. A metabolite, 2-amino-4-(2-aminophenyl)- 4-oxo-butanoic acid, that is an intermediate in the conversion of tryptophan to niacin.

Forms of kynurenin

pluralkynurenins

Questions about kynurenin

What is kynurenin the alternative form of?
Kynurenin is the alternative form of kynurenine.

Words near kynurenin in the dictionary

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

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