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octanoylcarnitine

octanoylcarnitine noun: the N-octanoyl derivative of carnitine.

Noun

octanoylcarnitine (uncountable)

  1. The N-octanoyl derivative of carnitine
    • In a study with 34 MCAD deficient individuals evaluating the correlation between genotype and biochemical phenotype, patients homozygous for c.985A > G had the highest levels of neonatal octanoylcarnitine followed by compound heterozygotes of c.985A > G and other mutations.2015 July 30, Sarah C. Grünert et al., “Medium-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency associated with a novel splice mutation in the ACADM gene missed by newborn screening”, in BMC Medical Genetics...

Questions about octanoylcarnitine

What does octanoylcarnitine mean?
Octanoylcarnitine means the N-octanoyl derivative of carnitine.
What part of speech is octanoylcarnitine?
Octanoylcarnitine is a noun.

Words near octanoylcarnitine in the dictionary

  1. octanoses
  2. octanoyl
  3. octanoylate
  4. octanoylated
  5. octanoylation
  6. octanoylcarnitine
  7. octanoyls
  8. octanoyltransferase
  9. octanoyltransferases
  10. octans
  11. octant

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