“orotic”

We have one entry that includes the term orotic.

orotic acid

noun

: a crystalline acid C4H4N2O4 that occurs in milk and is a growth factor for various microorganisms (as Lactobacillus bulgaricus) and a precursor of the pyrimidine bases of nucleotides


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