单词 | carnitine |
释义 | carnitine /kahr"ni teen'/, n. Biochem. a dipolar compound that occurs in muscle and liver and is involved in the transport of fatty acids across the inner mitochondrial membrane. [1920-25; < G Carnitin, equiv. to L carni- (comb. form of caro, gen. carnis meat, flesh) + -tin appar. arbitrarily chosen suffix (cf. -IN2, -INE2); so called because it was first isolated in meat extract] |
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