glycodeoxycholate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From glycodeoxycholic acid + -ate.
Noun
[edit]glycodeoxycholate (uncountable)
- (biology, medicine) The conjugate base, or any salt or ester, of glycodeoxycholic acid.
- 2015 November 7, “Metabolomics and Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation in African Americans: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- The untargeted metabolomics assessment measured other bile acids in serum, including glycocholate, glycodeoxycholate, and ursodeoxycholate, but none of these were significantly associated with AF risk after correction for multiple comparisons.
Hypernyms
[edit]Coordinate terms
[edit]- glycodeoxycholic acid (coordinate as an acid versus a base, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)