Medical Definition of Thioglycolate

1. Thioglycollate A salt or ester of thioglycolic acid; frequently used in bacterial media to reduce their oxygen content so as to create favourable conditions for the growth of anaerobes; the thioglycolate will also inactivate any mercurial that might be carried over with the inoculum. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thioglycolate

thiodepsipeptide
thiodiphenylamine
thiodiphenylamine
thioester
thioesterase
thioesters
thioethanolamine acetyltransferase
thioether
thioflavine S
thioflavine T stain
thioflavin T
thiofuran
thiogalactosides
thioglucosidase
thioglycerol
thioglycolate (current term)
thioglycolates
thioglycolic acid
thioguanine
thioguanine
thioinosine
thiokinase
thiol
thiol
thiol-dependent peroxidase
thiolase
thiole
thiolesterase
thiolester hydrolases
thiolhistidylbetaine

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