beta-oxidation

[ bey-tuh-ok-si-dey-shuhn or, especially British, bee- ]

nounBiochemistry.
  1. a process by which fatty acids are degraded, involving oxidation of the beta carbons and removal of successive two-carbon fragments from the fatty acid.

Origin of beta-oxidation

1
First recorded in 1930–35

Words Nearby beta-oxidation

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