OPERATION, CHYMICAL
\ˌɒpəɹˈe͡ɪʃən], \ˌɒpəɹˈeɪʃən], \ˌɒ_p_ə_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
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Is any process whose object is the preparation of medicines; their combinations with each other, analysis, and decomposition ;-such are, solution, distillation, sublimation, evaporation, digestion, maceration, infusion, decoction, calcination, & c. Some of these operations are mechanical; others, really chymical.
By Robley Dunglison
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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
- An enzyme that catalyzes the of groups from acetyl-CoA to arylamines. They have wide specificity for aromatic amines, particularly serotonin, and can also catalyze acetyl transfer between arylamines without CoA. EC 2.3.1.5.