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A neurotransmitter in humans and other animals. It is an ester of acetic acid and choline with chemical formula CH</sub>COOCH</sub>CH</sub>N</sup>(CH</sub>)</sub>.
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Acetylcholine — Acétylcholine Pour les articles homonymes, voir Ach. Acétylcholine … Wikipédia en Français
ACÉTYLCHOLINE — L’acétylcholine (ACh) est l’ester acétique de la choline, corps basique azoté dérivé de l’ammonium quaternaire. Formule de l’acétylcholine: 廓 acétoxyéthyl triméthyl ammonium. L’ACh a été préparée par voie synthétique en 1867 et peut être obtenue… … Encyclopédie Universelle
acetylcholine — n. 1. a neurotransmitter released by the transmitting dendron at autononmous synapses and at neuromuscular junctions. It is a quaternary amine with an obligatory negative counterion. The nominal formula for the hydroxide form is {C7H17NO3}.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
acetylcholine — acetylcholine. См. ацетилхолин. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
acetylcholine — [as΄i til΄kō′lēn] n. [ ACETYL + CHOLINE] the acetic acid ester of choline, (CH3) 3N(OH)CH2CH2OCOCH3, found in many body tissues, esp. at neuromuscular junctions, acting as a nerve impulse transmitter: its chloride or bromide is used in medicine… … English World dictionary
Acétylcholine — Pour les articles homonymes, voir ACh. Acétylcholine … Wikipédia en Français
acetylcholine — The acetic ester of choline, the neurotransmitter substance at cholinergic synapses, which causes cardiac inhibition, vasodilation, gastrointestinal peristalsis, and other par … Medical dictionary
acetylcholine — n. the acetic acid ester of the organic base choline: the neurotransmitter released at the synapses of parasympathetic nerves and at neuromuscular junctions. After relaying a nerve impulse, acetylcholine is rapidly broken down by the enzyme… … The new mediacal dictionary
acetylcholine — Acetyl ester of choline. Perhaps the best characterized neurotransmitter, particularly at neuromuscular junctions. ACh can be either excitatory or inhibitory, and its receptors are classified as nicotinic or muscarinic, according to their… … Dictionary of molecular biology
acetylcholine — acetilcholinas statusas T sritis chemija formulė Formulę žr. priede. priedas( ai) Grafinis formatas atitikmenys: angl. acetylcholine rus. ацетилхолин ryšiai: sinonimas – 2 etanoiloksietiltrimetilamonis … Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
