Meanings
nounoctadecapeptide (plural octadecapeptides)
plural octadecapeptides
- A polypeptide containing eighteen amino acid moieties
Even though it has not been tested yet on specific models of AD, apamin, a stable octadecapeptide isolated from bee Apis mellifera, has been proven an important tool in learning and memory studies as it is considered a blocker of small conductance calcium-activated K + channels in the CNS.
2015 August 8, Victoria Monge-Fuentes et al., “Neuroactive compounds obtained from arthropod venoms as new therapeutic platforms for the treatment of neurological disorders”, in The Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases, volume 21, →DOI
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