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Definition of Isoleucine
1. Noun. An essential amino acid found in proteins; isomeric with leucine.
Definition of Isoleucine
1. Noun. (amino acid) An essential amino acid, C6H13NO2, isomeric with leucine, found in most animal proteins. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Isoleucine
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Medical Definition of Isoleucine
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Isoleucine
Literary usage of Isoleucine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"The difference between me of death for leucine, isoleucine- and ... Infusion of
leucine or isoleucine at 7.6 le/kg body wt concentrations in non- ced rats ..."
2. The Chemical Constitution of the Proteins by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1917)
"Valine is soluble in methyl alcohol, isoleucine is insoluble in the cold solvent
... Leucine and isoleucine were first separated by F. Ehrlich [1904] by the ..."
3. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry for Students of Medicine and Biology by Elmer Verner McCollum (1916)
"isoleucine is, like leucine, used by yeasts as a source of nitrogen and energy.
It undergoes cleavage into an optically active amyl alcohol, secondary butyl ..."
4. Review of American Chemical Research by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1906)
"It was found that by regular additions of leucine and isoleucine, corresponding
additional amounts of amyl and isobutyl alcohols were formed. ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"Another exception is isoleucine. The percentage of D-isoleucine apparently averages
about 4 percent. The constancy of these measurements is readily ..."
6. A Text-book of Physiological Chemistry by Olof Hammarsten, Sven Gustaf Hedin (1914)
"On this account the earlier claims as to the quantity of leucine are somewhat
uncertain, as they always refer to leucine containing isoleucine. ..."
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