Vitaminergic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Vitaminergic is an adjective meaning (rare, biochemistry, neuroscience) Produced or activated by a vitamin.
Meaning
(rare, biochemistry, neuroscience) Produced or activated by a vitamin.
Example Sentences
Its vitaminergic actions and uses are identical to those of the hydrochloride.
Ascorbic acid (AA) is a potent antioxidant that is known to affect mood, and it is the first known vitaminergic neurotransmitter (Karanth et al., 2000; Balz, 2003).
We hypothesize that AA is a vitaminergic transmitter that activates the release of both FSH and LH from the anterior pituitary gland. A schematic diagram of the hypothesized mechanism of action of AA as a vitaminergic neurotransmitter.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aminergic, melanocortinergic, apelinergic, adrenalinergic, tachykininergic, angiotensinergic.
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