Metabolite Definition

mĭ-tăbə-līt
metabolites
noun
Any substance produced by or taking part in metabolism.
Webster's New World
A substance necessary for or taking part in a particular metabolic process.
American Heritage Medicine

Other Word Forms of Metabolite

Noun

Singular:
metabolite
Plural:
metabolites

Origin of Metabolite

  • From metabolism +"Ž -ite.

    From Wiktionary

  • metabol(ism) –ite

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Metabolite Sentence Examples

  • This lecture will examine how a common metabolite in both fat and carbohydrate catabolism could hold some insight into metabolic integration.

  • Experimental work shows that losartan (tho not its active metabolite) competitively inhibits urate reabsorption in the renal proximal tubule.

  • Members agreed that metabolism of 1,3-DCP was likely to produce the reactive epoxide metabolite that could damage DNA.

  • In the metabolite images, colors represent metabolite concentrations.

  • The most widely used is the concentration of the nicotine metabolite, cotinine, in saliva.

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Words Starting With

MMEMET

Words Ending With

ETEITE

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