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- noun biochemistry Any
osmolyte that helps an organism to surviveosmotic stress
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Carnitine is a ubiquitous substance in eukaryotes and, in coupling with its metabolic intermediates crotononbetaine and γ-butyrobetaine, may be served as osmoprotectant and stimulate growth in anaerobic and starvation conditions.
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