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celastrol

celastrol noun: a pentacyclic triterpenoid isolated from the roots of Tripterygium wilfordii and Celastrus regelii.

Noun

celastrol (uncountable)

  1. A pentacyclic triterpenoid isolated from the roots of Tripterygium wilfordii and Celastrus regelii
    Synonyms:
    tripterine

Synonyms of celastrol

Origin of celastrol

Celastrus + -ol

Questions about celastrol

What does celastrol mean?
Celastrol means a pentacyclic triterpenoid isolated from the roots of Tripterygium wilfordii and Celastrus regelii.
What part of speech is celastrol?
Celastrol is a noun.

Words near celastrol in the dictionary

  1. Celarent
  2. Celaront
  3. Celaru
  4. Celas
  5. celastraceous
  6. celastrol
  7. celatone
  8. celatones
  9. celature
  10. celatures
  11. Celaya

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