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bergapten

bergapten noun: 5-methoxypsoralen, a psoralen found in the essential oil of bergamot (where it is the cause of phototoxicity) and other citruses.

Noun

bergapten (uncountable)

  1. 5-methoxypsoralen, a psoralen found in the essential oil of bergamot (where it is the cause of phototoxicity) and other citruses.

Words formed from bergapten

Questions about bergapten

What does bergapten mean?
Bergapten means 5-methoxypsoralen, a psoralen found in the essential oil of bergamot (where it is the cause of phototoxicity) and other citruses.
What part of speech is bergapten?
Bergapten is a noun.

Words near bergapten in the dictionary

  1. Bergan
  2. bergander
  3. berganders
  4. Berganza
  5. Berganzas
  6. bergapten
  7. bergaptene
  8. bergaptol
  9. Bergara
  10. bergedel
  11. Bergedorf

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