| 释义 |
▪ I. sialic, a.1
see sial.
▪ II. sialic, a.2 Biochem.|ˈsaɪəlɪk|
[f. Gr. σίαλ-ον saliva + -ic.]
sialic acid: any acyl or related derivative of a neuraminic acid.
Orig. applied spec. to a substance of this type (then of unknown structure) isolated from the salivary glands of cattle.
1952G. Blix et al. in Acta Chem. Scand. VI. 359 Besides this substance, for which we propose the provisional name sialic acid, the mucin contains small amounts of carbohydrate of the dihexose-hexosamine type. 1957― in Nature 25 May 1088/2 Sialic acid is suggested as group name for the acylated neuraminic acids. 1967New Scientist 16 Feb. 414/1 Twenty years elapsed before the structure of this complex sugar was determined, and by then it was clear that it was only one of a family of sugars called sialic acids, all of which had an unusually long backbone of nine carbon atoms. 1978Nature 16 Feb. 674/2 Sialic acids..of the red blood cell (RBC) membrane are considered to play an important part in the physiology of the RBC. |
