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octadecapeptide

octadecapeptide noun: a polypeptide containing eighteen amino acid moieties.

Noun

octadecapeptide (plural octadecapeptides)

  1. A polypeptide containing eighteen amino acid moieties
    • Even though it has not been tested yet on specific models of AD, apamin, a stable octadecapeptide isolated from bee Apis mellifera, has been proven an important tool in learning and memory studies as it is considered a blocker of small conductance calcium-activated K + channels in the CNS.2015 August 8, Victoria Monge-Fuentes et al., “Neuroactive compounds obtained from arthropod venoms as new therapeutic platforms for the treatment of neurological disorders”, in The Journal of...

Forms of octadecapeptide

pluraloctadecapeptides

Origin of octadecapeptide

From octadeca- + peptide.

Questions about octadecapeptide

What does octadecapeptide mean?
Octadecapeptide means a polypeptide containing eighteen amino acid moieties.
What part of speech is octadecapeptide?
Octadecapeptide is a noun.
What is the plural of octadecapeptide?
The plural of octadecapeptide is octadecapeptides.

Words near octadecapeptide in the dictionary

  1. octadecanoic acid
  2. octadecanoid
  3. octadecanoids
  4. octadecanol
  5. octadecanoyl
  6. octadecapeptide
  7. octadecapeptides
  8. octadecatetraenoate
  9. octadecatetraenoates
  10. octadecatetraenoic
  11. octadecatetraenoic acid

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