choline
Biochemistry. a quaternary ammonium cation, C5H14N+O, one of the B-complex vitamins, found in the lecithin of many plants and animals.
choline hydroxide, C5H15NO2, the viscous, strongly alkaline commercial form of this compound, usually synthesized, used as a feed supplement, especially for poultry, and in medicine in certain liver conditions.
choline chloride, C5H14ClNO.
Origin of choline
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How to use choline in a sentence
The Verona facility produces choline chloride, an animal feed additive that helps livestock gain weight.
When Home Is a Toxic Hot Spot | by Maya Miller, Alyssa Johnson, Lisa Song and Max Blau, photography by Kathleen Flynn, special to ProPublica | December 15, 2021 | ProPublicaThey also showed that treating these cells with extra choline, a nutrient found in foods such as meat, fish, eggs, and broccoli, could reverse many of these effects.
The researchers hope their findings will lead to clinical studies of choline.
They argued that because trimethylamine was not obtained in this case choline was not present.
Barium, A Cause of the Loco-Weed Disease | Albert Cornelius CrawfordWithout the choline, lecithin would be a di-fatty acid derivative of glycero-phosphoric acid.
The Chemistry of Plant Life | Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
From choline it may be separated by recrystallising the mercuric precipitate from hot water.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection | Alexander Wynter BlythIt is a product of the decomposition of choline, betaine, and neuridine, when these substances are distilled with potash.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection | Alexander Wynter BlythAn atom of hydrogen from the choline, CH2, group, being replaced by hydroxyl.
Poisons: Their Effects and Detection | Alexander Wynter Blyth
British Dictionary definitions for choline
/ (ˈkəʊliːn, -ɪn, ˈkɒl-) /
a colourless viscous soluble alkaline substance present in animal tissues, esp as a constituent of lecithin: used as a supplement to the diet of poultry and in medicine for preventing the accumulation of fat in the liver. Formula:[(CH 3) 3 NCH 2 CH 2 OH] + OH –
Origin of choline
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Scientific definitions for choline
[ kō′lēn′ ]
A natural amine often classed in the vitamin B complex. It is incorporated into the structure of many other biologically important molecules, such as acetylcholine and lecithin. Chemical formula: C5H15NO2.
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