BETA-OXIDATION


Meaning of BETA-OXIDATION in English

/bay"teuh ok'si day"sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /bee"-/ , n. Biochem.

a process by which fatty acids are degraded, involving oxidation of the beta carbons and removal of successive two-carbon fragments from the fatty acid.

[ 1930-35 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .