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beta-oxidation

/bey-tuh-ok-si-dey-shuhn or, especially British, bee-/US // ˈbeɪ təˌɒk sɪˈdeɪ ʃən or, especially British, ˈbi- //

β-氧化

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Biochemistry.

    • : a process by which fatty acids are degraded, involving oxidation of the beta carbons and removal of successive two-carbon fragments from the fatty acid.

Examples

  • Whether or not beta-version wearables are your thing, some technology is just impossible to ignore (or destroy).

  • Trotter graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and became the first black man named to Phi Beta Kappa.

  • Unlike metals like iron, which rusts and corrodes dramatically, chromium remains stable after oxidation and subsequent burial.

  • For starters, the Ello beta launched without any privacy controls or blocking options.

  • Beta amyloid, which OL-1 is meant to lower, was first implicated in the disease at its identification by Alois Alzheimer in 1906.

  • Acetone is derived from decomposition of diacetic acid, and this in turn from beta-oxybutyric acid by oxidation.

  • Beta is not formed from alpha; one is first, the other is second, and no one knows why.

  • Further study will reveal the fact that the difference is due to the lack of oxidation in the case of the glacial detritus.

  • Reduction then appears to involve a loss of positive charges by ions, oxidation a loss of negative charges.

  • It stimulates metabolic activity of tissue cells and secures more complete oxidation of energy-yielding elements.