choline

Significat (Anglès)

A hydroxy quaternary ammonium compound with formula (CH₃)₃N⁺CH₂CH₂OHX⁻. It is an essential nutrient for cardiovascular and brain health and for cell membrane formation.

Conceptes

pujol

colina

Sinònims

hill

humplock

Traduccions

colina

colina

choline

colina

Cholin

كولين

Hügel

Höcker

هضبة

λόφος

ύψωμα

γήλοφος

χολίνη

Ätzhügel

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈkoʊliːn/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Coined from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”).
The chemical compound was first isolated by Adolph Strecker from pig and ox bile (hence the name) in 1862. It was also named neurine when chemically synthesized by Oscar Liebreich in 1865, until 1898 when shown to be identical to choline.