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atractylon

atractylon noun: the benzofuran (4aS,8aR)-3,8a-dimethyl-5-methylidene-4,4a,6,7,8,9-hexahydrobenzo[f][1]benzofuran present in rhizomes of Atractylodes.

Noun

atractylon (uncountable)

  1. The benzofuran (4aS,8aR)-3,8a-dimethyl-5-methylidene-4,4a,6,7,8,9-hexahydrobenzo[f][1]benzofuran present in rhizomes of Atractylodes

Questions about atractylon

What does atractylon mean?
Atractylon means the benzofuran (4aS,8aR)-3,8a-dimethyl-5-methylidene-4,4a,6,7,8,9-hexahydrobenzo[f][1]benzofuran present in rhizomes of Atractylodes.
What part of speech is atractylon?
Atractylon is a noun.

Words near atractylon in the dictionary

  1. atractenchyma
  2. atractylate
  3. atractylenolide
  4. atractylenolides
  5. atractylodin
  6. atractylon
  7. atractyloside
  8. atracurium
  9. atragene
  10. atragenes
  11. Atrak

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