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Definition of Deamination
1. Noun. Removal of the amino radical from an amino acid or other amino compound.
Generic synonyms: Chemical Action, Chemical Change, Chemical Process
Derivative terms: Deaminate, Deaminize
Definition of Deamination
1. Noun. (organic chemistry) The removal of an amino group from a compound ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Deamination
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Deamination
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Deamination
Literary usage of Deamination
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"From this he reaches the important conclusion that in this case there is oxida-
tive deamination and not deamination by simple hydrolysis. ..."
2. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"The amino- acids are probably deaminated hydrolytically in the parenchyma cells,
while in so-called histiocytic cells they undergo oxidative deamination. ..."
3. The Physiology of the Amino Acids by Frank Pell Underhill (1915)
"ance has been attached as a deaminating agent and during recent years discussion
of the so-called defective or insufficient deamination in a series of ..."
4. Bacteriology: General, Pathological and Intestinal by Arthur Isaac Kendall (1921)
"Reductive deamination of amino-acid to fatty acid with the same number of carbon
atoms. ... deamination and simultaneous formation of an alpha ketonic acid. ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"This increase in ammonia comes almost entirely from the deamination of mono amino
acids. The ammonia fraction of a twenty-four or forty-eight-hour ..."
6. The Elements of the Science of Nutrition by Graham Lusk (1917)
"This indicates that oxidative deamination takes place in the metabolism of ...
The CO2 cleavage follows deamination, as appears in the formula given for the ..."
7. Essentials of physiology by Francis Arthur Bainbridge, James Acworth Menzies (1916)
"deamination. — This consists in the removal of the amino-group, ... free by the
deamination of amino acids in the muscles and other tissues is carried to ..."
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