selenylation

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noun

Any reaction involving the addition of a selenium compound

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Meanings

nounselenylation (plural selenylations)

plural selenylations

  1. chemistryAny reaction involving the addition of a selenium compound
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    These results indicate that selenylation modification can significantly enhance the antioxidant and antiglycative activity of SCP in vitro or in vivo. sSCP 1 possesses the best efficacy and its modification conditions can be as optimal modification conditions that were 200 mg of Na 2 SeO 3 for 500 mg of SCP, reaction temperature of 50°C and reaction time of 6 h.

    2015 August 1, “Effects of Selenylation Modification on Antioxidative Activities of Schisandra chinensis Polysaccharide”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From selenyl + -ation.

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