glycodeoxycholate

English

Etymology

From glycodeoxycholic acid +‎ -ate.

Noun

glycodeoxycholate (uncountable)

1. (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], →DOI:

     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.

Hypernyms

• bile acid

Coordinate terms

• 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)