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biochanin

biochanin noun: any of a particular group of naturally-occurring flavonoids.

Noun

biochanin (plural biochanins)

  1. Any of a particular group of naturally-occurring flavonoids
    • This finding showed that global or localized DNA methylation levels could be altered by 5-azacytidine, vinclozolin, genistein, and zinc but not by 5aza-2′-deoxycytidine, biochanin A, and cadmium.2015 May 29, Hyo Jeong Kim et al., “Ecotoxicogenomic Approaches for Understanding Molecular Mechanisms of Environmental Chemical Toxicity Using Aquatic Invertebrate, Daphnia Model Organism”, in...

Forms of biochanin

pluralbiochanins

Words formed from biochanin

Questions about biochanin

What does biochanin mean?
Biochanin means any of a particular group of naturally-occurring flavonoids.
What part of speech is biochanin?
Biochanin is a noun.
What is the plural of biochanin?
The plural of biochanin is biochanins.

Words near biochanin in the dictionary

  1. bioceramics
  2. bioceutical
  3. bioch
  4. biochamber
  5. biochambers
  6. biochanin
  7. biochanin A
  8. biochanins
  9. biochar
  10. biocharacter
  11. biocharacteristic

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