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Metabolite

Me-tab′o-lite

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Noun.
(Physiol Chem.)
A product of metabolism; a substance produced by metabolic action, as urea.

Definition 2024


metabolite

metabolite

See also: métabolite

English

Noun

metabolite (plural metabolites)

  1. Any substance produced by, or taking part in, a metabolic reaction.
    • 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, p. 33.
      Cannabis and some of its metabolites, for example, persist in the fat stores of the body for several weeks after a single dose.
    • 2015, Ferris Jabr, How Humans Ended Up With Freakishly Huge Brains, Wired:
      In addition to looking at gene expression, Bozek and her colleagues analyzed levels of metabolites, a diverse group of small molecules that includes sugars, nucleic acids and neurotransmitters. Many metabolites are either necessary for metabolism or produced by it.

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