metabolite
See also: métabolite
English
Etymology
From metabolism + -ite.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɪˈtæbəlaɪt/
Noun
metabolite (plural metabolites)
- Any substance produced by, or taking part in, a metabolic reaction.
- 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, p. 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.
- 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, p. 33.
Derived terms
- antimetabolite
- biometabolite
- cometabolite
- eigenmetabolite
- exometabolite
- metabolitic
- micrometabolite
- oncometabolite
- phosphometabolite
- phytometabolite
Translations
any substance produced by, or taking part in, a metabolic reaction
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