carnitine

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkɑː.nɪt.iːn/    美 /ˈkɑɹ.nəˌtiːn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A betaine, 3-hydroxy-4-trimethylammonio-butanoate, that is found in the liver and has a function in fatty acid transport. countable,uncountable
    — Although often called an amino acid because of its chemical makeup, L-carnitine is actually a vitaminlike nutrient, related in structure to the B vitamins. L-carnitine is the biologically active form of carnitine.

词形变化

carnitines plural

词源

From German Carnitin, coined from Latin carn- + Latin -i- + -t- (“arbitrary insertion”) + -in, for it was first described in meat extracts in 1905. By surface analysis, Latin carnit- + -ine.
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