arginine

[化] 精氨酸 [医] 精氨酸, 胍基戊氨酸

发音

US /ˈɑɹɡɪniːn/
其它
UK /ˈɑːdʒɪniːn/

词形变化

arginines 复数 arginines

别名

argenine arginene

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An amino acid found in animal foods that plays an important role in several physiological processes.

    精氨酸

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

词源

From German Arginin, from Ancient Greek ἄργυρος (árguros, “silver”) and ἀργινόεις (arginóeis, “silvery, brightly shining”) in reference to arginine nitrate crystals' silver-white appearance when first refined from lupin seedlings by Ernst Schulze and Ernst Steiger in 1886.

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