glycodeoxycholate
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glycodeoxycholate (uncountable)
- (biology, medicine) The conjugate base, or any salt or ester, of glycodeoxycholic acid.
- 2015 November 7, “Metabolomics and Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation in African Americans: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- The untargeted metabolomics assessment measured other bile acids in serum, including glycocholate, glycodeoxycholate, and ursodeoxycholate, but none of these were significantly associated with AF risk after correction for multiple comparisons.
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- glycodeoxycholic acid (coordinate as an acid versus a base, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)