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mercaptohistidine

mercaptohistidine noun: a thiol that is a histidine derivative.

Noun

mercaptohistidine (plural mercaptohistidines)

  1. A thiol that is a histidine derivative.

Forms of mercaptohistidine

pluralmercaptohistidines

Origin of mercaptohistidine

From mercapto- + histidine.

Questions about mercaptohistidine

What does mercaptohistidine mean?
Mercaptohistidine means a thiol that is a histidine derivative.
What part of speech is mercaptohistidine?
Mercaptohistidine is a noun.
What is the plural of mercaptohistidine?
The plural of mercaptohistidine is mercaptohistidines.

Words near mercaptohistidine in the dictionary

  1. mercaptoethanols
  2. mercaptoethylamine
  3. mercaptoglycerol
  4. mercaptoguanine
  5. mercaptoguanosine
  6. mercaptohistidine
  7. mercaptohistidines
  8. mercaptoimidazole
  9. mercaptoimidazoles
  10. mercaptole
  11. mercaptoles

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