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Metabolite

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A metabolite is a chemical compound made as part of a living thing's metabolism.[1] In biochemistry, the metabolism means all chemical processes where living things break down nutrients or build new molecules.[2] Final products and any reaction intermediates are all considered metabolites.

  1. IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. (the "Gold Book") (2025). Online version: (2006) "metabolite". doi:10.1351/goldbook.M03859
  2. IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. (the "Gold Book") (2025). Online version: (2006) "metabolism". doi:10.1351/goldbook.M03858