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asterin

asterin noun: a cyclic pentapeptide originating from the plant Aster tataricus with the chemical formula C₂₅H₃₃Cl₂N₅O₆.

Noun

asterin (uncountable)

  1. A cyclic pentapeptide originating from the plant Aster tataricus with the chemical formula C₂₅H₃₃Cl₂N₅O₆.
    • A new dichlorinated cyclic penta-peptide, asterin, has been isolated from the plant Aster tataricus L.f. (Compositae), and its structure has also been elucidated on the basis of its spectral data coupled with some chemical evidences.1993, Seiji Kosemura, Toshiko Ogawa, Kazuo Totsuka, “Isolation and Structure of Asterin, a new halogenated cyclic penta-peptide from Aster tataricus”, in Tetrahedron Letters, volume 34, number 8...

Origin of asterin

From aster + -in.

Questions about asterin

What does asterin mean?
Asterin means a cyclic pentapeptide originating from the plant Aster tataricus with the chemical formula C₂₅H₃₃Cl₂N₅O₆.
What part of speech is asterin?
Asterin is a noun.

Words near asterin in the dictionary

  1. asteriform
  2. asteriid
  3. asteriidoside
  4. asteriids
  5. asterikos
  6. asterin
  7. asterinaceous
  8. asterine
  9. asterinid
  10. asterinids
  11. asterinin

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