Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kynurenate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kynure-nate
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of kynurenic acid.

Example Sentences

"This analysis showed that little tryptophan was catabolised via the kynurenate pathway in any of the three species and that most was transformed to indole-3-lactate and released into the medium."

Etymology

From kynurenic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Inflected Forms

kynurenates (plural)

Questions

What does kynurenate mean?: Any salt or ester of kynurenic acid.
Where does kynurenate come from?: From kynurenic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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