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bryostatin

bryostatin noun: any of a family of biologically active macrolide lactones derived from the bryozoan Bugula neritina.

Noun

bryostatin (plural bryostatins)

  1. Any of a family of biologically active macrolide lactones derived from the bryozoan Bugula neritina.
    • […] to study and investigate, along with Paul Wender, Ph.D., certain analogs of bryosatin, referred to as "bryologs", as potential clinical candidates […]2014, “Neurotrope, Stanford Collaborate to Investigate Neurological Disorders”, in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, 34(12): 12

Forms of bryostatin

pluralbryostatins

Questions about bryostatin

What does bryostatin mean?
Bryostatin means any of a family of biologically active macrolide lactones derived from the bryozoan Bugula neritina.
What part of speech is bryostatin?
Bryostatin is a noun.
What is the plural of bryostatin?
The plural of bryostatin is bryostatins.

Words near bryostatin in the dictionary

  1. bryopsidalean
  2. bryopsidaleans
  3. bryopsids
  4. bryoria
  5. bryorias
  6. bryostatin
  7. bryostatins
  8. bryotechnology
  9. bryotoxin
  10. bryotoxins
  11. bryozan

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