carnitine

[化] 卡尼汀; 肉碱; 肉毒碱 [医] 肉毒硷, 三甲基羟基丁酰甜菜硷

发音

UK /ˈkɑː.nɪt.iːn/
其它
US /ˈkɑɹ.nəˌtiːn/

词形变化

carnitines 复数 carnitines

别名

CAR cartinine

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A betaine, 3-hydroxy-4-trimethylammonio-butanoate, that is found in the liver and has a function in fatty acid transport.

    可数 不可数 化学

    2014, Peggy R. Borum, Carnitine homeostasis in humans, Benjamin Toby Wall, Craig Porter (editors), Carnitine Metabolism and Human Nutrition, page 4, Carnitine likely functions in maintaining homeostasis in many metabolic pathways and physiological conditions, with carnitine's role in energy metabolism homeostasis being the best studied.

词源

From Latin caro/carnis (“flesh, meat”) + t + -ine, for it was first described in meat extracts in 1905.

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