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dihydroactinidiolide

dihydroactinidiolide noun: a terpenoid insect pheromone formed from actinidiolide by the addition of two hydrogen atoms across a double bond.

Noun

dihydroactinidiolide (uncountable)

  1. A terpenoid insect pheromone formed from actinidiolide by the addition of two hydrogen atoms across a double bond
    • [ 7 ] isolated phytol, β -sitosterol, 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol, and vitamin E while Malek et al. isolated campesterol, stigmasterol, dihydroactinidiolide, and 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol in the same year.2015 July 27, Carolina Carvalho Guilhon et al., “Central Antinociceptive and Mechanism of Action of Pereskia bleo Kunth Leaves Crude Extract, Fractions, and Isolated Compounds”, in Evidence-based...

Origin of dihydroactinidiolide

From di- + hydro- + actinidiolide.

Questions about dihydroactinidiolide

What does dihydroactinidiolide mean?
Dihydroactinidiolide means a terpenoid insect pheromone formed from actinidiolide by the addition of two hydrogen atoms across a double bond.
What part of speech is dihydroactinidiolide?
Dihydroactinidiolide is a noun.

Words near dihydroactinidiolide in the dictionary

  1. dihydrides
  2. dihydridooxidonitrogen
  3. dihydridooxidonitrogens
  4. dihydro
  5. dihydro-
  6. dihydroactinidiolide
  7. dihydroajaconine
  8. dihydroalprenolol
  9. dihydroanthracene
  10. dihydroanthracenes
  11. dihydroanthraquinone

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