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Meaning of octadecapeptide | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A polypeptide containing eighteen amino acid moieties

Examples

“Even though it has not been tested yet on specific models of AD, apamin, a stable octadecapeptide isolated from bee Apis mellifera, has been proven an important tool in learning and memory studies as it is considered a blocker of small conductance calcium-activated K + channels in the CNS.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

octadecatetraenoate octadecatetraenoic acid octadecatrienoic acid octadecatrienol octadecatrienoyl octadecene

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