beta-oxidation (English, noun)
expansion: beta-oxidation (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The catabolic process by which fatty acid molecules are broken down in the cytosol in prokaryotes and in the mitochondria in eukaryotes to generate acetyl-CoA, NADH, and FADH₂.
tags: uncountable
Forms:
form: beta oxidation
tags: alternative
form: β-oxidation
tags: alternative