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malondialdehyde

malondialdehyde noun: the dialdehyde propane-1,3-dial, normally existing in the tautomeric enol form.

Noun

malondialdehyde (countable and uncountable, plural malondialdehydes)

  1. The dialdehyde propane-1,3-dial, normally existing in the tautomeric enol form.
    • Furthermore, wedelolactone also increased the activities of superoxidase dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px) and decreased the level of the lipid peroxidation product malondialdehyde (MDA) in the liver, therefore decreasing the activity of alanine aminotransferase (ALT).2015 July 14, “Wedelolactone Regulates Lipid Metabolism and Improves Hepatic Steatosis Partly by AMPK Activation and Up-Regulation of Expression of PPARα/LPL and LDLR”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
    Synonyms:
    MDA

Synonyms of malondialdehyde

Forms of malondialdehyde

pluralmalondialdehydes

Questions about malondialdehyde

What does malondialdehyde mean?
Malondialdehyde means the dialdehyde propane-1,3-dial, normally existing in the tautomeric enol form.
What part of speech is malondialdehyde?
Malondialdehyde is a noun.
What is the plural of malondialdehyde?
The plural of malondialdehyde is malondialdehydes.

Words near malondialdehyde in the dictionary

  1. malonamic acid
  2. malonamide
  3. malonamides
  4. malonate
  5. malonates
  6. malondialdehyde
  7. malondialdehydes
  8. Malone
  9. Maloney
  10. Maloneys
  11. Maloneys Beach

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