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Definition of Decarboxylate
1. Verb. Lose a carboxyl group. "The compound decarboxylated"
Generic synonyms: Change
Derivative terms: Decarboxylation
2. Verb. Remove a carboxyl group from (a chemical compound).
Generic synonyms: Alter, Change, Modify
Derivative terms: Decarboxylation
Definition of Decarboxylate
1. Verb. (organic chemistry) To remove one or more carboxyl groups from a molecule ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decarboxylate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decarboxylate
Literary usage of Decarboxylate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals edited by Kim Waggie (1994)
"Strains: Biochemical variants of P. pneumotropica, biovar Jawetz (NCTC 8284) and
biovar Heyl (ATCC 12555) differ in their ability to decarboxylate lysine. ..."
2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"... propionic acids also decarboxylate upon heating above their melting points.
Similar treatment of a number of a- and ring-alkyl-substituted ..."
3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"It should be emphasized that some fractions contain inactive Д'ТНС acids (3, 4)
which if heated (on evaporation of solvents, for example) may decarboxylate ..."
4. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"... found between the possession of pathogenic activity in avian strains of E.
coli and enhanced ability to ferment dulcitol and decarboxylate ornithine. ..."
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