carboxyalkyl
English
Etymology
From carboxy + alkyl
Noun
carboxyalkyl (plural carboxyalkyls)
- (chemistry) A radical or group comprising an alkyl and a carboxy group.
- 1992, Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology: Supplement:
- A number of different zinc binding groups have been investigated: carboxyalkyls, thiols, hydroxamic acids, phosphonic acids and phosphonamides (23).
- 1993, Mohan K. Raizada, Cellular and Molecular Biology of the Renin-Angiotensin System, →ISBN:
- Patchett and collaborators developed a new class of potent ACE inhibitors, the carboxyalkyl dipeptides, which includes enalapril (MK 421).
- 2009, Niir Board, The Complete Technology Book On Textile Spinning, Weaving, ..., →ISBN:
- It is understood that such substituents, while they may not strictly be termed hydroxyalkyl groups, can be present in hydroxyalkyl carboxyalkyl cellulose and, as used herein, the term hydroxyalkyl includes substituents having the above formula.
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