glycotoxic

English

Etymology

glyco- +‎ toxic

Adjective

glycotoxic (not comparable)

  1. toxic as a result of excessive sugars
    • 2016 January 27, “Mitochondrial Dysfunction Plus High-Sugar Diet Provokes a Metabolic Crisis That Inhibits Growth”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0145836:
      The combination of ATP deletion and glycotoxic stress is likely to occur in many contexts relevant to human pathology.
  2. Relating to glycotoxins
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