PRECURSOR

Precursor

In chemistry, a precursor is a compound that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound. In biochemistry, the term "precursor" is used more specifically to refer to a chemical compound preceding another in a metabolic pathway.

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precursor

Noun

  1. That which precurses, a forerunner, a predecessor, an indicator of approaching events.
  2. One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.


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