SIALIC ACID


Meaning of SIALIC ACID in English

Function: noun

Etymology: Greek sialon saliva

Date: 1952

: any of a group of reducing amido acids that are essentially carbohydrates and are found especially as components of blood glycoproteins and mucoproteins

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