Metabolite

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Definition of Metabolite:
Small organic molecules produced by life-sustaining chemical reactions in an organism.
This is the common definition for Metabolite, other definitions can be discussed in the article


Notes

Primary metabolites are directly involved in food conversion for growth and reproduction.

Secondary metabolites or functional metabolites serve other ecological functions.


See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolite