mevalonate
/mɪˈvaləneɪt/Biochemistry
noun
The anion of mevalonic acid, which is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of cholesterol and other steroids and terpenoids.
Origin
1950s; earliest use found in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. From mevalon- + -ate.
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