Meanings
nounhexadecanedioate (uncountable)
- uncountablechemistryAny salt or ester of a hexadecanedioic acid
Dicarboxylic acids such as hexadecanedioate, produced by ω-oxidation in the endoplasmic reticulum and peroxisome and then degraded via β-oxidation, were also enriched in the plasma of postnatally CD piglets.
2015 July 22, “Moderate Perinatal Choline Deficiency Elicits Altered Physiology and Metabolomic Profiles in the Piglet”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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