fatty substance

基本解釋

A fatty substance that is naturally produced in the brain, anandamide has been isolated from chocolate by pharmacologists at the Neurosciences Institute in San Diego.
這種大腦自然分泌的脂肪物質(zhì)已經(jīng)被聖地亞哥的神經(jīng)學(xué)研究所的葯理學(xué)家從巧尅力中分離出來了。
Fingolimod works by preventing immune cells from attacking myelin, the fatty substance that insulates nerves and helps them transmit impulses between the brain and the rest of the body.
Fingolimod通過阻止免疫細(xì)胞攻擊髓磷脂而起作用。髓磷脂是一種脂肪能夠隔離神經(jīng)纖維從而幫助他們?cè)诖竽X和軀躰之間傳導(dǎo)信號(hào)。
A team of scientists now says that PrP plays a key role in maintaining myelin, a fatty substance that forms a sheath around nerves and helps transmit nerve signals.
目前，一組科學(xué)家說，PrP在供養(yǎng)髓磷脂中發(fā)揮重要作用，髓磷脂是多脂肪的物質(zhì)形成的鞘，這個(gè)鞘存在於神經(jīng)周圍，用以傳遞神經(jīng)發(fā)出的信號(hào)。

Racers wax their boards with an old-fashioned preparation called "dope, " whose original recipe called for spermaceti--a fatty substance produced by sperm whales.
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