triheptanoin

English

Noun

triheptanoin (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) The triglyceride of heptanoic acid
   • 2015 July 22, “Dietary Caprylic Acid (C8:0) Does Not Increase Plasma Acylated Ghrelin but Decreases Plasma Unacylated Ghrelin in the Rat”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Indeed, Nishi et al. detected heptanoylghrelin [25 ] or decanoylghrelin [48 ] in the stomachs of mice fed with triheptanoin or tricaprin.

Anagrams

• trephination