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tig|lic acid — «TIHG lihk», a poisonous, unsaturated liquid or crystalline acid obtained from croton oil, used in medicine. Formula: C5H8O2 ╂[< New Latin tiglium species name of the croton oil plant < Medieval Latin tiglia, tilli] … Useful english dictionary
de|ox|y|cho|lic acid — «dee OK suh KOH lihk, KOL ihk», a crystalline acid occurring in the bile of certain mammals including man and containing one less hydroxyl group than cholic acid. Formula: C24H40O4 Also, desoxycholic acid … Useful english dictionary
des|ox|y|cho|lic acid — «dehs OK suh KOH lihk, KOL ihk», = deoxycholic acid. (Cf. ↑deoxycholic acid) … Useful english dictionary
tau|ro|cho|lic acid — «T ruh KOH lihk, KOL ihk», a crystalline acid, present as a sodium salt in the bile of man, oxen, and most other animals, and hydrolyzing into taurine and cholic acid. Formula: C2554 H45NSO7 … Useful english dictionary
gib|ber|el|lic acid — «JIHB uh REHL ihk», a plant hormone that increases size and the rate of growth. It was originally derived from a fungus which damages Japanese rice plants. Formula: C19H22O6 ╂[< New Latin Gibberella the genus name of the fungus + English ic] … Useful english dictionary
Folic acid — One of the B vitamins that is a key factor in the synthesis (the making) of nucleic acid (DNA and RNA). A deficiency of folic acid after birth causes a kind of anemia, namely, megaloblastic anemia in which there is a paucity of red blood cells… … Medical dictionary
chenodeoxycholic acid — A major bile acid in many vertebrates, usually conjugated with glycine or taurine, which facilitates cholesterol excretion and fat absorption; administered to dissolve cholesterol gallstones. SYN: chenodiol … Medical dictionary
cholic acid — A family of steroids comprising the bile acids (or salts), generally in conjugated form ( e.g., glycocholic and taurocholic acid s). Chemically, cholic acid s are cholan 24 oic (cholanic) acids (the terminal C24 of cholane becoming a COOH group); … Medical dictionary
deoxycholic acid — 7 D.; 3α,12α dihydroxy 5β cholanic acid; a bile acid and choleretic; used in biochemical preparations as a detergent. * * * de·oxy·cho·lic acid (.)dē .äk sē .kō lik or des·oxy·cho·lic acid .des n a crystalline acid C24H40O4 found esp. in bile and … Medical dictionary
tetrahydrofolic acid — The active coenzyme form of folic acid; participates in one carbon metabolism. SYN: coenzyme F. * * * tet·ra·hy·dro·fo·lic acid .fō lik n a metabolically active reduced form C19H23N7O6 of folic acid that acts as a coenzyme in the transfer of… … Medical dictionary
