| Name: | liver |
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| Definition: | Solid compound organ with three lobes that has many functions including bile production, blood detoxification, the production of critical plasma proteins and clotting factors, complement proteins and the storage of many substances, such as lipids, amino acids, iron, and glycogen. Female fish produce vitellogenins in the liver. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000123] |
| Name: | methionine |
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| Synonyms: | 2-amino-4-(methylsulfanyl)butanoic acid, 2-amino-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid, 2-Amino-4-(methylthio)butyric acid, alpha-amino-gamma-methylmercaptobutyric acid, DL-Methionine, Hmet, M, Met, Methionin, methionine, metionina, Racemethionine |
| Definition: | A sulfur-containing amino acid that is butyric acid bearing an amino substituent at position 2 and a methylthio substituent at position 4. |
| Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:16811] ( EBI ) |