Name: | liver |
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Definition: | Solid compound organ with three lobes that has many functions including bile production, blood detoxification, the production of critical plasma proteins and clotting factors, complement proteins and the storage of many substances, such as lipids, amino acids, iron, and glycogen. Female fish produce vitellogenins in the liver. |
Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000123] |
Name: | malonaldehyde |
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Synonyms: | 1,3-Propanedial, 1,3-Propanedialdehyde, 1,3-Propanedione, malonaldehyde, Malondialdehyde, Malonic aldehyde, Malonic dialdehyde, Malonodialdehyde, Malonyldialdehyde, MDA, MDD, propanedial |
Definition: | A dialdehyde that is propane substituted by two oxo groups at the terminal carbon atoms respectively. A biomarker of oxidative damage to lipids caused by smoking, it exists in vivo mainly in the enol form. |
Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:566274] ( EBI ) |