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Having a chain of fewer that about six carbon atomsSee Also: medium-chain, long-chain
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Short chain fatty acid — Short chain fatty acids are a sub group of fatty acids with aliphatic tails of less than eight [ [http://www.lipidworld.com/content/2/1/10 Short term effects of dietary medium chain fatty acids and n 3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids on… … Wikipedia
Short-chain acyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency — DiseaseDisorder infobox Name = PAGENAME ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|277.85 ICDO = Caption = OMIM = 201470 MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = DiseasesDB = 31599 Short chain acyl coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficiency (or SCADD ) is a fatty acid… … Wikipedia
Short-chain dehydrogenase — Pfam box Symbol = adh short Name = short chain dehydrogenase width = caption = Pfam= PF00106 InterPro= IPR002198 SMART= PROSITE = PDOC00060 SCOP = 1hdc TCDB = OPM family= 127 OPM protein= 1xu7 PDB=PDB3|1edoA:78 246 PDB3|1zbqA:10 183 PDB3|1gz6A:10 … Wikipedia
short-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (SCAD) deficiency — a defect in mitochondrial beta oxidation due to a mutation in the gene (locus: 12q22 qter) encoding the acyl CoA dehydrogenase that acts on short chain length fatty acids. Clinical presentation is variable, but myopathy and abnormalities of… … Medical dictionary
short-chain fatty acids — (SCFA) fatty acids with a chain length of up to roughly 6 carbon atoms; they are produced by bacterial anaerobic fermentation, particularly of dietary carbohydrates, in the large intestine. They are readily absorbed and are metabolized in the… … Medical dictionary
ADP-dependent short-chain-acyl-CoA hydrolase — In enzymology, an ADP dependent short chain acyl CoA hydrolase (EC number|3.1.2.18) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction:acyl CoA + H2O ightleftharpoons CoA + a carboxylateThus, the two substrates of this enzyme are acyl CoA and H2O … Wikipedia
short-chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase — See acyl CoA dehydrogenase (NADPH) … Medical dictionary
Chain weapon — A chain weapon is a weapon made of one or more heavy objects attached to a chain, sometimes with a handle. The flail was one of the more common types of chain weapons associated with medieval Europe, although some flails used hinges instead of… … Wikipedia
chain shot — noun : a cannon shot consisting of two balls or half balls united by a short chain and formerly used in naval warfare to cut a ship s rigging; also : a discharge of such shot * * * cannon shot consisting of two balls or half balls connected by a… … Useful english dictionary
chain tongs — noun a pipe wrench used for turning large pipes; an adjustable chain circles the pipe with its ends connected to the head whose teeth engage the pipe • Usage Domain: ↑plural, ↑plural form • Hypernyms: ↑pipe wrench, ↑tube wrench • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
