BETA-OXIDATION


Meaning of BETA-OXIDATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbā-tə-ˌäk-sə-ˈdā-shən ]

noun

Date: circa 1935

: stepwise catabolism of fatty acids in which two-carbon fragments are successively removed from the carboxyl end of the chain

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