CITRULLINE


Meaning of CITRULLINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsi-trə-ˌlēn ]

noun

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin Citrullus, genus name of the watermelon

Date: 1930

: a crystalline amino acid C 6 H 13 N 3 O 3 formed especially as an intermediate in the conversion of ornithine to arginine

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