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bathocuproine

bathocuproine noun: a compound having the formula C26H20N2, used chiefly as a metal complexing agent or chelator.

Noun

bathocuproine (uncountable)

  1. A compound having the formula C26H20N2, used chiefly as a metal complexing agent or chelator.
    • Incubation of HepG2 cells with the copper chelator bathocuproine was completely ineffective (Fig. 2 C), showing ion specificity.1998 January 30, Chinmay K. Mukhopadhyay et al., “Role of Ceruloplasmin in Cellular Iron Uptake”, in Science, volume 279, number 5351, →DOI, pages 714–717

Questions about bathocuproine

What does bathocuproine mean?
Bathocuproine means a compound having the formula C26H20N2, used chiefly as a metal complexing agent or chelator.
What part of speech is bathocuproine?
Bathocuproine is a noun.

Words near bathocuproine in the dictionary

  1. bathochromatic
  2. bathochromic
  3. bathochromically
  4. bathochromy
  5. bathocuprione
  6. bathocuproine
  7. batholite
  8. batholites
  9. batholith
  10. batholithic
  11. batholiths

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