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BIOGENIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes

Example:

sleep and food and water are among the biogenic needs of the organism

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

essential (basic and fundamental)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Produced by living organisms or biological processes

Example:

fermentation is a biogenic process

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

biology (characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms)

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This protein plays a role in the reduction of biogenic and xenobiotic aldehydes.

(Alcohol Dehydrogenase [NADP(+)], NCI Thesaurus)

Amphetamine appears to exert its central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral effects indirectly by inducing the release of biogenic amines from their storage sites in nerve terminals.

(Amphetamine, NCI Thesaurus)

Ketamine displays complex pharmacologic actions including biogenic amine uptake inhibition, interaction with opioid receptors, and inhibition of N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors.

(Baclofen/amitriptyline/ketamine gel, NCI Thesaurus)

Any process that reduces the release of the biogenic amine and neurotransmitter histamine.

(Negative Regulation of Histamine Release, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes 5-hydroxytryptamine 3 receptor protein, plays a role in the regulation of a biogenic hormone that has diverse functionalities.

(HTR3A wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The biogenic amines are neurotransmitters derived from amino acids, and include dopamine, epinephrine, GABA, histamine and serotonin.

(Neurotransmitter Biosynthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Phenelzine sulfate irreversibly binds to MAO, thereby blocking the oxidative deamination of monoamines resulting in an increased concentration of biogenic amines and a concurrent decrease in catabolism of monoamine neurotransmitters, norepinephrine and serotonin, in the brain.

(Phenelzine Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)

HTR2A-C Allele is a variant form of 20-kb 3-exon human HTR2A Gene (GPCR1/5HT2 Family), which encodes Serotonin 5-HT-2A Receptor, a conserved integral membrane 5-HT/serotonin receptor protein involved in tracheal smooth muscle contraction, bronchoconstriction, and control of aldosterone production by association with G proteins that activate a PI-calcium second messenger system. 5-HT is a biogenic hormone that affects specific receptors as a neurotransmitter, hormone, or mitogen.

(HTR2A 1 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Biogenic Amine Metabolism involves anabolic and catabolic biochemical changes to a type of nitrogen containing hydrocarbons (biogenic amines) involved in signaling as neurotransmitters or hormones or as components of vitamins, phospholipids, or ribosomes within a cell as materials needed for important life processes.

(Biogenic Amine Metabolic Process, NCI Thesaurus)

HTR2A-T Allele is a variant form of 20-kb 3-exon human HTR2A Gene (GPCR1/5HT2 Family), which encodes Serotonin 5-HT-2A Receptor, a conserved integral membrane 5-HT/serotonin receptor protein involved in tracheal smooth muscle contraction, bronchoconstriction, and control of aldosterone production by association with G proteins that activate a PI-calcium second messenger system. 5-HT is a biogenic hormone that affects specific receptors as a neurotransmitter, hormone, or mitogen.

(HTR2A 2 Allele, NCI Thesaurus)