BIOGENIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does biogenic mean? 

• BIOGENIC (adjective)
  The adjective BIOGENIC has 2 senses:

1. produced by living organisms or biological processes

2. essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes

  Familiarity information: BIOGENIC used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIOGENIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Produced by living organisms or biological processes

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Context example:

fermentation is a biogenic process

Pertainym:

biology (characteristic life processes and phenomena of living organisms)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Essential for maintaining the fundamental life processes

Context example:

sleep and food and water are among the biogenic needs of the organism

Similar:

essential (basic and fundamental)

 Context examples 

These conditions increase the emission of biogenic volatile organic compounds, which boost the production of surface ozone and other aerosols.

(Dangers of Concurrent Heat Waves, Air Pollution, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Cells found throughout the lining of the gastrointestinal tract that contain regulatory peptide hormones and/or biogenic amines.

(Endocrine Cell of the Gastrointestinal System, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Isocarboxazid blocks the breakdown (oxidative deamination) of biogenic amines by inhibiting MAO, thereby increasing the concentrations of norepinephrine and 5-hydroxytrytamine (5-HT) at central aminergic receptors.

(Isocarboxazid, NCI Thesaurus)

Although its mechanism of action is not well understood, ketamine appears exerts complex pharmacological actions including inhibition of biogenic amine uptake, binding to opioid receptors, and inhibition of N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors.

(Ketamine, NCI Thesaurus)

By inhibiting the metabolism of these biogenic amines in the brain, pargyline increases their concentration and binding to postsynaptic receptors.

(Pargyline, NCI Thesaurus)

Ketamine inhibits biogenic amine uptake, agonistically binds to mu-opioid receptors, and inhibits NMDA receptors.

(Ketamine/Amitriptyline NP-H Cream, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein is involved in the transport of biogenic monoamines into secretory vesicles.

(Chromaffin Granule Amine Transporter, NCI Thesaurus)

Mast cells that are thus activated release preformed granules which contain biogenic amines (especially histamines) and proteoglycans (especially heparin).

(Fc Epsilon Receptor I Signaling Pathway KEGG, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)

This allele, which encodes alcohol dehydrogenase [NADP(+)] protein, is involved in the reduction of biogenic and xenobiotic aldehydes.

(AKR1A1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in the reduction of biogenic and xenobiotic aldehydes.

(AKR1A1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)