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combrestatin

combrestatin is the alternative form of combretastatin.

Meaning of combretastatin

Noun

combretastatin (countable and uncountable, plural combretastatins)

  1. A dihydrostilbenoid found in Combretum caffrum.
    • Because combretastatin A-4 causes hemorrhagic necrosis by breaking down the epithelial wall of immature vasculature in tumors 24, we tested its ability to enhance colonization of autochthonous tumors by IV administered S.2015 July 15, Jeremy J. Drees et al., “Vasculature Disruption Enhances Bacterial Targeting of Autochthonous Tumors”, in Journal of Cancer, volume 6, →DOI

Forms of combrestatin

pluralcombrestatins

Questions about combrestatin

What is combrestatin the alternative form of?
Combrestatin is the alternative form of combretastatin.

Words near combrestatin in the dictionary

  1. comboys
  2. combozine
  3. combozines
  4. Combpyne
  5. Combpyne Rousdon
  6. combrestatin
  7. combrestatins
  8. combretaceous
  9. combretastatin
  10. combretastatins
  11. combretum

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