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キヌレン酸 (キヌレンさん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

キヌレン酸さん

Meanings

1

noun

kynurenic acid

chemistry

A chemical compound; used in biochemistry and neuroscience contexts.

キヌレン酸さんはトリプトファンの代たい謝しゃ産さん物ぶつの一ひとつです。
Kynurenic acid is one of the metabolites of tryptophan.

Kanji

酸acid, bitterness, sour

Etymology

From English 'kynurenic acid', itself derived from 'kynurenine' (from Greek 'kynos' meaning dog, as it was first isolated from dog urine) + '-ic' + 'acid'.