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已經被圣地亞哥的神經學研究所的藥理學家從巧克力中分離出來了。
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通過阻止免疫細胞攻擊髓磷脂而起作用。髓磷脂是一種脂肪能夠隔離神經纖維從而幫助他們在大腦和軀體之間傳導信號。
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形成的鞘，這個鞘存在于神經周圍，用以傳遞神經發(fā)出的信號。

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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