monoacylglyceride

plural monoacylglycerides

1. Synonym of monoglyceride (of a typical fatty acid)

   MG and FA are then absorbed into the small intestinal enterocytes and repackaged into diacylglyercides (DG) by monoacylglyceride acyltransferase transferase.

   2015 August 6, Rodney A. Velliquette et al., “Identification of a botanical inhibitor of intestinal diacylglyceride acyltransferase 1 activity via in vitro screening and a parallel, randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial”, in Nutrition & Metabolism, volume 12, →DOI

   Synonyms: monoglyceride