inositol
IPA: ˈɪnʌsitɑɫ
noun
- (biochemistry) A simple sugar alcohol (hexahydroxycyclohexane, chemical formula: C₆H₁₂O₆) which occurs in animal and plant tissue
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Examples of "inositol" in Sentences
- Please check out the refs in inositol.
- Inositol exerts lipotropic effects as well.
- Multiple inositol polyphosphate phosphatase.
- This enzyme participates in inositol metabolism.
- It can be prepared from inositol cyclohexanehexol .
- Inositol as an add on treatment for bipolar depression.
- Scyllo inositol is one of the stereoisomers of inositol.
- Inositol is a carbohydrate, though not a classical sugar.
- It's distearoylphosphatiylinositol, a metabolic derivative of inositol.
- In its most stable geometry, the inositol ring is in the chair conformation.
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