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- noun Plural form of
cholinesterase .
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Examples
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Once cocaine enters the blood it is inactivated by plasma and liver cholinesterases and its inactive metabolites are excreted in the urine1.
Cocaine Toxicity 2010
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Here's the source report: Deet inhibits cholinesterase: Evidence for inhibition of cholinesterases in insect and mammalian nervous systems by the insect repellent deet (BioMed Central)
Boing Boing 2009
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Taylor P, Radic Z (1994) The cholinesterases: from genes to proteins.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yuan-Ping Pang et al. 2009
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