fatty substance

基本解释

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.
这种大脑自然分泌的脂肪物质已经被圣地亚哥的神经学研究所的药理学家从巧克力中分离出来了。
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通过阻止免疫细胞攻击髓磷脂而起作用。髓磷脂是一种脂肪能够隔离神经纤维从而帮助他们在大脑和躯体之间传导信号。
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，一组科学家说，PrP在供养髓磷脂中发挥重要作用，髓磷脂是多脂肪的物质形成的鞘，这个鞘存在于神经周围，用以传递神经发出的信号。

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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