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astacene

astacene noun: the carotenoid ketone 3,5,5-trimethyl-4-[(1E,3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E,17E)-3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-18-(2,6,6-trimethyl-3,4-dioxocyclohexen-1-yl)octadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaenyl]cyclohex-3-ene-1,2-dione.

Noun

astacene (uncountable)

  1. The carotenoid ketone 3,5,5-trimethyl-4-[(1E,3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E,17E)-3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-18-(2,6,6-trimethyl-3,4-dioxocyclohexen-1-yl)octadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaenyl]cyclohex-3-ene-1,2-dione

Questions about astacene

What does astacene mean?
Astacene means the carotenoid ketone 3,5,5-trimethyl-4-[(1E,3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E,17E)-3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-18-(2,6,6-trimethyl-3,4-dioxocyclohexen-1-yl)octadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaenyl]cyclohex-3-ene-1,2-dione.
What part of speech is astacene?
Astacene is a noun.

Words near astacene in the dictionary

  1. assythments
  2. ast
  3. ASTA
  4. astable
  5. astacein
  6. astacene
  7. astaciculture
  8. astacid
  9. astacids
  10. astacin
  11. astacins

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