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Metabolite vs Metabolize - What's the difference?

metabolite | metabolize |

As a noun metabolite

is any substance produced by, or taking part in, a metabolic reaction.

As a verb metabolize is

to undergo metabolism.

metabolite

English

(wikipedia metabolite)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any substance produced by, or taking part in, a metabolic reaction.
  • * 2001': Cannabis and some of its '''metabolites , for example, persist in the fat stores of the body for several weeks after a single dose. — Leslie Iversen, ''Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 33)

    • metabolize

    English

    Verb

    (metaboliz)
  • To undergo metabolism.
  • To cause a substance to undergo metabolism.
  • To produce a substance using metabolism.

    • Related terms

    * metabolic

    See also

    * catabolize ----