Dihydrobaikiaine; 2-piperidinecarboxylic acid; saturated picolinic acid; the l-isomers of the Δ1- and Δ6-dehydropipecolic acids are intermediates in the catabolism of l-lysine; p. accumulates in disorders of the peroxisomes. SYN: homoproline, pipecolinic acid.
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pip·ecol·ic ac·id (pip″ə-kolґik) a cyclic amino acid occurring as an intermediate in a minor pathway of lysine degradation and at elevated levels in blood in cerebrohepatorenal syndrome and in hyperlysinemia.Medical dictionary. 2011.