metabolite

See also: métabolite

English

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^[1]:

     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
• 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 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)