Medical Definition of Secondary metabolite

1. Chemicals that are usually unique to one organism or class of organisms, and are not essential to cell survival. They perform specialised functions, for example, degrading food sources or fighting off other organisms. Many of the chemicals that plants or microorganisms produce that are of biochemical interest are secondary metabolites, including antibiotics. (14 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Secondary Metabolite

secondary hypogonadism
secondary hypothyroidism
secondary immune response
secondary immunodeficiency
secondary infection
secondary interatrial foramen
secondary leukaemia
secondary lung cancer
secondary lymphoid tissue
secondary lysosome
secondary lysosomes
secondary medical care
secondary megaureter
secondary mesoderm
secondary metabolism
secondary metabolite (current term)
secondary methemoglobinaemia
secondary modern school
secondary myeloid metaplasia
secondary narcissism
secondary nodule
secondary nondisjunction
secondary oocyte
secondary palate
secondary pellagra
secondary point of ossification
secondary process
secondary product
secondary pulmonary lobule
secondary pyoderma

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