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Molecular Biology: MCB

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What is a cocaine metabolite?[edit]

If something is a metabolite of cocaine, what does that mean? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.130.36.135 (talk • contribs) 16:02, November 1, 2006 (UTC)

It means that it is a byproduct of the cocaine molecule being changed and broken up into smaller parts in the body. __meco 18:27, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

References[edit]

This article has no references. Metabolism has plenty, and some of them should probably be copied here. - Hordaland (talk) 13:55, 15 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Table of examples[edit]

It feels somewhat out of place... --Limxzero (talk) 02:18, 30 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Intermediate end product?[edit]

The introduction to this article writes, "A metabolite is the intermediate end product of metabolism". Are metabolites then, an intermediate, or an end product? The term is not clear.

A quick google search for "intermediate end product" (exact match) shows almost no references to this phrase either, so I don't think that it is a 'legitimate' term.

Proposed edit: "Metabolites are the intermediate products of metabolism." I'm refraining from putting this edit in, since I don't have the background to determine if this new phrasing is better than the current.

- NingOTI (talk)