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bioprotectant

bioprotectant noun: a biological or biochemical protectant.

Noun

bioprotectant (plural bioprotectants)

  1. A biological or biochemical protectant
    • There are therefore evidences that trehalose produced by plants does not primarily act as a bioprotectant.2015 July 11, “Against All Odds: Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthase and Trehalase Genes in the Bdelloid Rotifer Adineta vaga Were Acquired by Horizontal Gene Transfer and Are Upregulated during...

Forms of bioprotectant

pluralbioprotectants

Origin of bioprotectant

From bio- + protectant.

Questions about bioprotectant

What does bioprotectant mean?
Bioprotectant means a biological or biochemical protectant.
What part of speech is bioprotectant?
Bioprotectant is a noun.
What is the plural of bioprotectant?
The plural of bioprotectant is bioprotectants.

Words near bioprotectant in the dictionary

  1. bioprospectors
  2. bioprostheses
  3. bioprosthesis
  4. bioprosthetic
  5. bioprosthetics
  6. bioprotectant
  7. bioprotectants
  8. bioprotection
  9. bioprotective
  10. bioprotein
  11. bioproteins

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