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drosopterin

drosopterin noun: a pteridine, 3,10-diamino-14-methyl-5,6,6a,6b,7,9-hexahydro-4h-pyrimido[4,5:2',3'][1,4]diazepino[6',5':3,4]pyrrolo[1,2-f]pteridine-1,12-dione, that is a red eye pigment of Drosophila melanogaster; any of a class of related compounds.

Noun

drosopterin (countable and uncountable, plural drosopterins)

  1. A pteridine, 3,10-diamino-14-methyl-5,6,6a,6b,7,9-hexahydro-4h-pyrimido[4,5:2',3'][1,4]diazepino[6',5':3,4]pyrrolo[1,2-f]pteridine-1,12-dione, that is a red eye pigment of Drosophila melanogaster; any of a class of related compounds.

Forms of drosopterin

pluraldrosopterins

Words formed from drosopterin

Questions about drosopterin

What does drosopterin mean?
Drosopterin means a pteridine, 3,10-diamino-14-methyl-5,6,6a,6b,7,9-hexahydro-4h-pyrimido[4,5:2',3'][1,4]diazepino[6',5':3,4]pyrrolo[1,2-f]pteridine-1,12-dione, that is a red eye pigment of Drosophila melanogaster; any of a class of related compounds.
What part of speech is drosopterin?
Drosopterin is a noun.
What is the plural of drosopterin?
The plural of drosopterin is drosopterins.

Words near drosopterin in the dictionary

  1. drosophilid
  2. drosophilids
  3. drosophilist
  4. drosophilists
  5. drosopholid
  6. drosopterin
  7. drosopterins
  8. drosotoxin
  9. drospirenone
  10. dross
  11. drossed

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