lactyl

Noun

Meaning

An organic residue or radical derived from lactic acid.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lactobacillus lactation lacteal imide lactose lactic acid lactate lactiferous lactam lactalbumin lactim lactone lactoglobulin lactobacilli lactoferrin
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Examples

This creates what is called an enol derivative that will be reduced to a “lactyl moiety” by NADPH in step six. Source: Internet

In step 5, some of the UDP-N-acetylglucosamine (UDP-GlcNAc) is converted to UDP-MurNAc (UDP-N-acetylmuramic acid) by the addition of a lactyl group to the glucosamine. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

lactulose lacturamic lacturamic acid lactylate lactylic lacuna