oxaloacetate
oxaloacetate — noun
1. a chemical compound made in living cells that helps release energy from food; it
a chemical compound made in living cells that helps release energy from food; it is also a type of salt or ester formed from oxaloacetic acid.
Walid measured the amount of oxaloacetate in the rat's liver cells for his experiment.
collocation: amount of oxaloacetate
Constanza's biology teacher explained that oxaloacetate helps cells turn food into energy.
grammar pattern: oxaloacetate helps [cells] + verb
During the lab session, Shanti and her team tested how heat affects oxaloacetate levels.
The doctor said that low oxaloacetate can stop cells from making enough energy.
Tamar read a science article about how oxaloacetate reacts in the energy cycle of plants.
文法句型
oxaloacetate + verb (is formed / reacts / becomes)
用法筆記
Usually uncountable when referring to the substance in general; countable when referring to different types of salts or esters (e.g., 'several oxaloacetates were tested').