metabolite

See also: métabolite

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metabolite

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Etymology

From metabolism +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈtæbəlaɪt/

Noun

metabolite (plural metabolites)

1. Any substance produced by, or taking part in, a metabolic reaction.
   • 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 33:

     Cannabis and some of its metabolites, for example, persist in the fat stores of the body for several weeks after a single dose.

   • 2015, Ferris Jabr, How Humans Ended Up With Freakishly Huge Brains Wired‎:

     In addition to looking at gene expression, Bozek and her colleagues analyzed levels of metabolites, a diverse group of small molecules that includes sugars, nucleic acids and neurotransmitters. Many metabolites are either necessary for metabolism or produced by it.

Derived terms

• antimetabolite
• biometabolite
• cometabolite
• eigenmetabolite
• endometabolite
• exometabolite
• hydroxymetabolite
• metabolitic
• metabolomics
• micrometabolite
• multimetabolite
• neurometabolite
• oncometabolite
• phosphometabolite
• photometabolite
• phytometabolite
• radiometabolite
• secondary metabolite
• selenometabolite

 

Translations

any substance produced by, or taking part in, a metabolic reaction

Belarusian: метабаліт (mjetabalit) Catalan: metabòlit m Chinese: Mandarin: 代謝產物 / 代谢产物 (dàixiè chǎnwù), 代謝物 / 代谢物 (dàixièwù) Danish: metabolit Finnish: metaboliitti (fi), aineenvaihduntatuote French: métabolite (fr) m Galician: metabolito (gl) m German: Metabolit (de) m Greek: μεταβολίτης (el) m (metavolítis) Icelandic: myndefni (is) n Indonesian: metabolit (id) Malay: bahantara Polish: metabolit (pl) m Portuguese: metabólito m Russian: метаболит (ru) m (metabolit) Spanish: metabolito (es) m Swedish: metabolit Ukrainian: метаболіт m (metabolit)