octadecapeptide

English

Etymology

octadeca- +‎ peptide

Noun

octadecapeptide (plural octadecapeptides)

  1. A polypeptide containing eighteen amino acid moieties
    • 2015 August 8, Victoria Monge-Fuentes et al., “Neuroactive compounds obtained from arthropod venoms as new therapeutic platforms for the treatment of neurological disorders”, in The Journal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases‎, volume 21, DOI:10.1186/s40409-015-0031-x:
      Even though it has not been tested yet on specific models of AD, apamin, a stable octadecapeptide isolated from bee Apis mellifera, has been proven an important tool in learning and memory studies as it is considered a blocker of small conductance calcium-activated K + channels in the CNS.
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