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Beta oxidation

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000676

The catabolic breakdown of fatty acids via metabolic intermediates into acetyl coenzyme A, which then enters the tricarboxylic acid cycle.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000676
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
Synonymsbeta-oxidation; fatty-acids oxidation
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoLipid metabolism; Oxidation
TranslationsSpanish: beta oxidación
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000676",
  "term": "Beta oxidation",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The catabolic breakdown of fatty acids via metabolic intermediates into acetyl coenzyme A, which then enters the tricarboxylic acid cycle.",
  "synonyms": [
    "beta-oxidation",
    "fatty-acids oxidation"
  ],
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "lipid metabolism",
    "oxidation"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "beta oxidación"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/beta-oxidation/"
}

Record 670 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.