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bufenolide

bufenolide noun: a chemical compound related to bufanolide, but with an extra double bond with IUPAC name 5-[(8R,9S,10S,13S,14S,17S)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]-3,4-dihydropyran-2-one.

Noun

bufenolide (plural bufenolides)

  1. A chemical compound related to bufanolide, but with an extra double bond with IUPAC name 5-[(8R,9S,10S,13S,14S,17S)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]-3,4-dihydropyran-2-one.

Forms of bufenolide

pluralbufenolides

Questions about bufenolide

What does bufenolide mean?
Bufenolide means a chemical compound related to bufanolide, but with an extra double bond with IUPAC name 5-[(8R,9S,10S,13S,14S,17S)-10,13-dimethyl-2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,11,12,14,15,16,17-tetradecahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]-3,4-dihydropyran-2-one.
What part of speech is bufenolide?
Bufenolide is a noun.
What is the plural of bufenolide?
The plural of bufenolide is bufenolides.

Words near bufenolide in the dictionary

  1. bufalin
  2. bufanolide
  3. bufanolides
  4. Bufe
  5. bufeniode
  6. bufenolide
  7. bufenolides
  8. bufeo
  9. bufeos
  10. bufetolol
  11. bufexamac

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