hydroxykynurenine

English

Etymology

From hydroxy- +‎ kynurenine.

Noun

hydroxykynurenine (countable and uncountable, plural hydroxykynurenines)

  1. (biochemistry) A metabolite of tryptophan that filters ultraviolet light in the human lens.
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