Definition: A water-soluble, enzyme co-factor present in minute amounts in every living cell. It occurs mainly bound to proteins or polypeptides and is abundant in liver, kidney, pancreas, yeast, and milk.
/ther use: coordinate disease with /drug ther, not /diet ther; deficiency: coordinate BIOTIN /defic (IM) with VITAMIN B DEFICIENCY (IM)
desthiobiotin [ desthiobiotin, (4R-cis)-isomer,desthiobiotin, (cis)-(+-)-isomer,dethiobiotin ] RN given refers to cpd without isomeric designation; structure