metabolite
noun
me·tab·o·lite
mə-ˈta-bə-ˌlīt 
1
: a product of metabolism
2
: a substance essential to the metabolism of a particular organism or to a particular metabolic process
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The plant can be helpful in the treatment of rheumatism, dysentery, stomach ulcers, and nausea, with the leaves having a positive influence on respiration and a capacity to cleanse the blood of toxic metabolites, notably uric acid.
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Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
Sometimes, the sensor can detect the metabolite directly through this reaction.
—New Atlas, 28 Mar. 2025
There, enzymes break down the metabolites into epigenetic marks known as acetyl groups and place them on histones to activate one set of genes.
—Viviane Callier, Quanta Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Currently he is involved in a large project analyzing the impact of nutrition on Alzheimer’s disease and how that is mediated by the microbiome and metabolites.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
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Wade Davis, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
Sometimes, the sensor can detect the metabolite directly through this reaction.
—New Atlas, 28 Mar. 2025
There, enzymes break down the metabolites into epigenetic marks known as acetyl groups and place them on histones to activate one set of genes.
—Viviane Callier, Quanta Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
Currently he is involved in a large project analyzing the impact of nutrition on Alzheimer’s disease and how that is mediated by the microbiome and metabolites.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2025
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metabolite
noun
me·tab·o·lite
mə-ˈtab-ə-ˌlīt
1
: a substance produced by metabolism
2
: a substance essential to a process of metabolism
Medical Definition
metabolite
noun
me·tab·o·lite
-ˌlīt
1
: a product of metabolism:
b
: a product of one metabolic process that is essential to another such process in the same organism
c
: a metabolic waste of one organism that is markedly toxic to another : antibiotic
2
: a substance essential to the metabolism of a particular organism or to a particular metabolic process
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