kynurenate

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

kynurenic +‎ -ate

Noun[edit]

kynurenate (plural kynurenates)

  1. A salt or ester of kynurenic acid.
    • 2015 September 15, “Metabolomic Analyses of Leishmania Reveal Multiple Species Differences and Large Differences in Amino Acid Metabolism”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      This analysis showed that little tryptophan was catabolised via the kynurenate pathway in any of the three species and that most was transformed to indole-3-lactate and released into the medium.