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methylation

/meth-uh-ley-shuhn/US // ˌmɛθ əˈleɪ ʃən //

甲基化,甲基化作用,去甲基化,转化

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Chemistry.

    • : the process of replacing a hydrogen atom with a methyl group.

Examples

  • Higher levels of methylation were found in those who had committed suicide.

  • It has been explained that by the methylation of rosaniline Hofmann obtained violet colouring-matters.

  • The methylation of aniline can obviously be carried out by the foregoing process only when beet-sugar residues are available.

  • It is apparently a tropidine monocarboxylic acid, for on exhaustive methylation it yields cycloheptatriene-135-carboxylic acid-7.

  • He made the important discovery that some animals possess the power of methylation as well as of demethylation.