Reference Definitions of “METABOLITE”

 

 

Reference:  Merriam-Webster Dictionary

    1.  A product of metabolism

    2.  A substance essential to the metabolism of a particular organism or to a particular  metabolic process

 

Reference:  American Heritage Dictionary

    1.  A substance produced by metabolism.

    2.  A substance necessary for or taking part in a particular metabolic process.

 

 

References:  Merck Manual and MEDLINE

    Any substance produced or used during metabolism (digestion). In drug use, a   metabolite usually refers to the end-product (what is remaining after metabolism).

 

Reference:  Life Science Dictionary

    A chemical intermediate in metabolic reactions

 

Reference:  Medicinal Chemistry Dictionary

    A metabolite is any intermediate or product resulting from metabolism

 

Reference:  Biological Sciences Dictionary

    An end product as a result of metabolism

 

Reference:  BioTech Dictionary (Univ. of Texas at Austin)

1.      anti-metabolite (Author: Mirrored from Tsute Chen's Glossary of Microbiology)

An analog of the end-product of a metabolic pathway that causes feedback or    repression, but cannot replace the genuine product; used for selecting feedback-deficient mutants.

    2.  metabolite
    A chemical intermediate in metabolic reactions.

    3.  primary metabolite (Author: Mirrored from Tsute Chen’s Glossary of
    Microbiology)
    A metabolite excreted during the growth phase.

    4.  secondary metabolite (Author: Mirrored from Tsute Chen’s Glossary of
Microbiology)
A product excreted by a microorganism near the end of the growth or during   stationary phase.

 

 

 

Reference:  Stedman’s Medical Dictionary (http://www.stedmans.com)
    Any product or substrate (foodstuff, intermediate, waste product) of metabolism
    especially of catabolism.

 

Reference:  FastHealth Interactive Healthcare (http://www.fasthealth.com)

1.  A product of metabolism

 

2.  A metabolic waste usually more or less toxic to the organism producing it.

 

    3.  A product of one process that is essential to another such process in the same    organism.

 

    4.  A metabolic waste of one organism that is markedly toxic to another.

 

5.      A substance essential to the metabolism of a particular organism or to a particular metabolic process.

 

Reference:  The CancerWEB Project (http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk)

Any substance produced by metabolism or by a metabolic process.