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ACYL

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group

Example:

an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group

Synonyms:

acyl; acyl group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("acyl" is a kind of...):

chemical group; group; radical ((chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "acyl"):

acetyl; acetyl group; acetyl radical; ethanoyl group; ethanoyl radical (the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-))

foryml ((chemistry) the negative univalent acyl radical CHO that occurs in aldehydes)

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One of a number of a class of sphingolipids, N-acyl derivatives with long chains.

(Ceramide, NCI Thesaurus)

Phase II detoxification enzymes, such as glutathione-S-transferase (GST), glucuronyl transferase, acyl transferase, or sulfotransferase, catalyze conjugation reactions of xenobiotics or metabolites formed in phase I reactions.

(Phase II Enzymes Inducer, NCI Thesaurus)

A polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acid with an 18-carbon backbone and exactly two double bonds, originating from the 10th and 12th positions from the methyl end, resulting in a conjugated section of the acyl chain.

(Conjugated Linoleic Acid n-6, NCI Thesaurus)

A polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acid with an 18-carbon backbone and exactly two double bonds, originating from the 9th and 11th positions from the methyl end, resulting in a conjugated section of the acyl chain.

(Conjugated Linoleic Acid n-7, NCI Thesaurus)