kynurenate

English

Etymology

From kynurenic acid +‎ -ate (“salt or ester”).

Noun

kynurenate (plural kynurenates)

1. Any salt or ester of kynurenic acid.
   • 2015 September 15, “Metabolomic Analyses of Leishmania Reveal Multiple Species Differences and Large Differences in Amino Acid Metabolism”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     This analysis showed that little tryptophan was catabolised via the kynurenate pathway in any of the three species and that most was transformed to indole-3-lactate and released into the medium.