Definitions for choline

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choline cho·line

Spelling: [koh-leen, kol-een]

IPA: /ˈkoʊ lin, ˈkɒl in/

Choline is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 189 anagrams from letters in choline (cehilno).

Definitions for choline

noun

1. Biochemistry. a quaternary ammonium cation, C 5 H 14 N + O, one of the B-complex vitamins, found in the lecithin of many plants and animals.
2. choline hydroxide, C 5 H 15 NO 2 , 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.
3. choline chloride, C 5 H 14 ClNO.

Origin of choline

First recorded in 1855-60; chol- + -ine²

Examples for choline

An atom of hydrogen from the choline, CH2, group, being replaced by hydroxyl.

Betaine and choline often occur together in the germs of many plants.

Without the choline, lecithin would be a di-fatty acid derivative of glycero-phosphoric acid.

From choline it may be separated by recrystallising the mercuric precipitate from hot water.

It is a product of the decomposition of choline, betaine, and neuridine, when these substances are distilled with potash.

It is decomposed by alkalies with the formation of choline and trimethylamine.

The variations include the alcohol, to which the fatty acids and choline phosphate are attached.