cetyltrimethlyammonium

cetyl +‎ tri- +‎ methyl +‎ ammonium

cetyltrimethlyammonium (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) The quaternary ammonium cation C₁₆H₃₃N(CH₃)₃⁺
   • 2015 June 6, W. Rodney Cooper, Stephen F. Garczynski, David R. Horton, “Relative Abundance of Carsonella ruddii (Gamma Proteobacterium) in Females and Males of Cacopsylla pyricola (Hemiptera: Psyllidae) and Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae)”, in Journal of Insect Science‎, volume 15, →DOI:

     DNA was extracted from all samples using a modified cetyltrimethlyammonium bromide (CTAB) method […]

• cetyltrimethylammonium