Definitions for cholines

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cholines cho·line

Spelling: [koh-leen, kol-een]

IPA: /ˈkoʊ lin, ˈkɒl in/

Cholines is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 372 anagrams from letters in cholines (cehilnos).

Definitions for cholines

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 cholines

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

Examples for cholines

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

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

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

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

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

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.