Associations to the word «Acetylation»

Wiktionary

ACETYLATION, noun. (chemistry) The reaction of a substance with acetic acid or one of its derivatives; the introduction of one or more acetyl groups into a substance

Dictionary definition

ACETYLATION, noun. The process of introducing an acetyl group into a compound; "the acetylation of cyclooxygenase-2 by aspirin".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope