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desacetyls

desacetyls is the plural of desacetyl.

Meaning of desacetyl

Noun

desacetyl (plural desacetyls)

  1. Any compound that has undergone deacetylation.
    • Cephalosporin derivatives and their desacetyls and lactones moved; however, cephalosporin C itself and its desacetyl and lactone derivatives failed to move in this system.2000, M.J. Weinstein, G.H. Wagman, Chromatography of Antibiotics, page 89

Questions about desacetyls

What is desacetyls the plural of?
Desacetyls is the plural of desacetyl.

Words near desacetyls in the dictionary

  1. desacetylcryptograndoside
  2. desacetyldigilanide
  3. desacetyllanatoside
  4. desacetylnerigoside
  5. desacetyloleandrin
  6. desacetyls
  7. desacetylscilliroside
  8. desacralisation
  9. desacralise
  10. desacralised
  11. desacralises

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