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carnosic

carnosic adjective: related to carnosic acid and its derivatives.

Adjective

carnosic (not comparable)

  1. Related to carnosic acid and its derivatives
    • The phenolic diterpenes carnosol and carnosic acid and the phenolic acid rosmarinic acid are the main antioxidant components, while a number of flavonoids are usually also present, among which scutellarin, luteolin, genkwanin and kaempferol are major constituents [9 ,10 ].2015 July 16, “Anti-Proliferative Effect of Rosmarinus officinalis L. Extract on Human Melanoma A375 Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of carnosic

From carnosol + -ic.

Phrases with carnosic

Questions about carnosic

What does carnosic mean?
Carnosic means related to carnosic acid and its derivatives.
What part of speech is carnosic?
Carnosic is an adjective.

Words near carnosic in the dictionary

  1. carnosates
  2. carnosaur
  3. carnosaurs
  4. carnose
  5. carnosely
  6. carnosic
  7. carnosic acid
  8. carnosinaemia
  9. carnosinase
  10. carnosinases
  11. carnosine

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