Definitions for "Metabolite"
A product of metabolism; a substance produced by metabolic action, as urea.
an organism's low-molecular-weight molecules (e.g., amino acids, peptides, lipids, carbohydrates) – biochemical byproducts that result when a substance breaks down (metabolizes).
Any product of metabolism, such as an intermediate or waste product.For example, the popular supplement HMB is a metabolite, or breakdown product, of the amino acidleucine.
A molecule synthesized or modified by metabolic processes within an organism.