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benzofuroxan

benzofuroxan noun: a bicyclic heterocycle composed of a benzene ring fused to furoxan.

Noun

benzofuroxan (countable and uncountable, plural benzofuroxans)

  1. A bicyclic heterocycle composed of a benzene ring fused to furoxan
    • Among all these hits, furoxan (WNN0809-C005) and benzofuroxan (WNN0335-G006) were well-studied structural motifs as nitric oxide (NO) donating compounds capable of controlling schistosomiasis [ 11, 18 ].2015 August 31, Ting Li et al., “High-throughput screening against thioredoxin glutathione reductase identifies novel inhibitors with potential therapeutic value for schistosomiasis”, in Infectious...

Forms of benzofuroxan

pluralbenzofuroxans

Questions about benzofuroxan

What does benzofuroxan mean?
Benzofuroxan means a bicyclic heterocycle composed of a benzene ring fused to furoxan.
What part of speech is benzofuroxan?
Benzofuroxan is a noun.
What is the plural of benzofuroxan?
The plural of benzofuroxan is benzofuroxans.

Words near benzofuroxan in the dictionary

  1. benzofuranes
  2. benzofuranone
  3. benzofuranones
  4. benzofurans
  5. benzofuranyl
  6. benzofuroxan
  7. benzofuroxans
  8. benzoguanamine
  9. benzoheterocycle
  10. benzoheterocycles
  11. benzohydrazide

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