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caloxanthin

caloxanthin noun: the xanthophyll (1R,2R)-4-[(1E,3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E,17E)-18-[(4R)-4-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexen-1-yl]-3,7,12,16-tetramethyloctadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaenyl]-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohex-4-ene-1,2-diol.

Noun

caloxanthin (uncountable)

  1. The xanthophyll (1R,2R)-4-[(1E,3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E,17E)-18-[(4R)-4-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexen-1-yl]-3,7,12,16-tetramethyloctadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaenyl]-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohex-4-ene-1,2-diol

Questions about caloxanthin

What does caloxanthin mean?
Caloxanthin means the xanthophyll (1R,2R)-4-[(1E,3E,5E,7E,9E,11E,13E,15E,17E)-18-[(4R)-4-hydroxy-2,6,6-trimethylcyclohexen-1-yl]-3,7,12,16-tetramethyloctadeca-1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17-nonaenyl]-3,3,5-trimethylcyclohex-4-ene-1,2-diol.
What part of speech is caloxanthin?
Caloxanthin is a noun.

Words near caloxanthin in the dictionary

  1. calotypist
  2. calotypists
  3. Caloundra
  4. Calovich
  5. Calow
  6. caloxanthin
  7. caloxanthone
  8. caloxanthones
  9. caloxin
  10. caloxins
  11. caloyer

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