| CMME | chloromethyl methyl ether |
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| COMT | catecholamine O-methyl transferase; certified ophthalmic medical technologist |
| DACM | N-(7-diamethylamino-4-methyl-3-coumarinyl) maleimide |
| DOM | deaminated O-methyl metabolite; department of medicine; dimethoxymethylamphetamine; dissolved organi... |
| EEME, EE3ME | ethinylestradiol-3-methyl ether |
| adenylylosuccinic acid | A condensation product of aspartic acid and inosine 5'-monophosphate; an intermediate in the biosynthesis of adenylic acid. Formally, it is adenylic acid with succinic acid replacing an H of the NH2 group, forming a C-N. Synonym: adenylylosuccinic acid, N-succinyladenylic acid. Acronym: sAMP (05 Mar 2000) |
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| adipic acid | Hexanedioic acid;the dicarboxylic acid, HOOC(CH2)4COOH. (05 Mar 2000) |
| agaric acid | Alpha-Hexadecylcitric acid; 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-nonadecanetricarboxylic acid;obtained from agaric and responsible for the anhidrotic action of the mushroom; used as an anhidrotic agent. Synonym: agaricic acid, agaricinic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| agaricic acid | Alpha-Hexadecylcitric acid; 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-nonadecanetricarboxylic acid;obtained from agaric and responsible for the anhidrotic action of the mushroom; used as an anhidrotic agent. Synonym: agaricic acid, agaricinic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| agaricinic acid | Alpha-Hexadecylcitric acid; 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-nonadecanetricarboxylic acid;obtained from agaric and responsible for the anhidrotic action of the mushroom; used as an anhidrotic agent. Synonym: agaricic acid, agaricinic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alcohol acid | A group of compounds that contain both the carboxyl and hydroxy radicals; e.g., glycolic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aldaric acid | One of a group of sugar acids characterised by the formula HOOC-(CHOH)n-COOH; e.g., saccharic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| aldehydic acid | <biochemistry> Dicarboxylic acids in which one of the carboxyl groups (-cooh) has been replaced by an aldehyde group (-cho). (12 Dec 1998) |
| aldobiuronic acid | Condensation products of an aldose and a uronic acid; such groupings occur among the components of various mucopolysaccharides, notably hyaluronic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| allantoic acid | Diureidoacetic acid;a degradation product of allantoin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| allodeoxycholic acid | 3a,12alpha-dihydroxy-5alpha-cholan-24-oic acid, one of the bile acids. (05 Mar 2000) |
| allomaleic acid | Trans-Butanedioic acid;an unsaturated dicarboxylic acid occurring as an intermediate in the tricarboxylic acid cycle. Synonym: allomaleic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
| allophanic acid | NH2CONHCOOH; urea carbonic acid;its amide is biuret (allophanamide). Synonym: carbamoylcarbamic acid, N-carboxyurea. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alpha-acetolactic acid | An intermediate in pyruvic acid catabolism and valine biosynthesis; CH3COC(OH)(CH3)-COOH. (05 Mar 2000) |
| alpha-amino acid | Typically, an amino acid of the general formula R-CHNH2-COOH (i.e., the NH2 in the a position); the l forms of these are the hydrolysis products of proteins. In rarer usages, this class of molecules also includes alpha-amino phosphoric acids and alpha-aminosulfonic acids. (05 Mar 2000) |