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dihydroartemisinic acid

dihydroartemisinic acid noun: an acid that is a precursor to artemisinin.

Noun

dihydroartemisinic acid (uncountable)

  1. An acid that is a precursor to artemisinin.
    • What is known is that dihydroartemisinic acid can be converted non-enzymatically to artemisinin via an initial oxygenation to the corresponding tertiary allylic hydroperoxide, followed by Hock cleavage, and a second oxidative reaction on the resultant enolic intermediate.2015 July 9, Laura Bryant et al., “Proteomic analysis of Artemisia annua – towards elucidating the biosynthetic pathways of the antimalarial pro-drug artemisinin”, in BMC Plant Biology, volume 15...

Questions about dihydroartemisinic acid

What does dihydroartemisinic acid mean?
Dihydroartemisinic acid means an acid that is a precursor to artemisinin.
What part of speech is dihydroartemisinic acid?
Dihydroartemisinic acid is a noun.

Words near dihydroartemisinic acid in the dictionary

  1. dihydroajaconine
  2. dihydroalprenolol
  3. dihydroanthracene
  4. dihydroanthracenes
  5. dihydroanthraquinone
  6. dihydroartemisinic acid
  7. dihydroartemisinin
  8. dihydroauroglaucin
  9. dihydroazepine
  10. dihydroazepines
  11. dihydroazepino

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