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triheptanoin

triheptanoin noun: the triglyceride of heptanoic acid.

Noun

triheptanoin (uncountable)

  1. The triglyceride of heptanoic acid
    • Indeed, Nishi et al. detected heptanoylghrelin [25 ] or decanoylghrelin [48 ] in the stomachs of mice fed with triheptanoin or tricaprin.2015 July 22, “Dietary Caprylic Acid (C8:0) Does Not Increase Plasma Acylated Ghrelin but Decreases Plasma Unacylated Ghrelin in the Rat”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about triheptanoin

What does triheptanoin mean?
Triheptanoin means the triglyceride of heptanoic acid.
What part of speech is triheptanoin?
Triheptanoin is a noun.

Words near triheptanoin in the dictionary

  1. trihemitetartemoria
  2. trihemitetartemorion
  3. trihemitetartemorions
  4. triheptadecanoate
  5. triheptadecanoin
  6. triheptanoin
  7. triheteromer
  8. triheteromeric
  9. triheteromers
  10. trihex
  11. trihexagonal

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