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dunnione

dunnione noun: the orthoquinone 2,3,3-trimethyl-2H-benzo[g][1]benzofuran-4,5-dione that is a naturally-occurring insecticide.

Noun

dunnione (countable and uncountable, plural dunniones)

  1. The orthoquinone 2,3,3-trimethyl-2H-benzo[g][1]benzofuran-4,5-dione that is a naturally-occurring insecticide
    • Such results led us to investigate the effects of MB12662, a dunnione compound, on damages of target tissues including intestinal, immune, and hematopoietic systems in mice as well as vomiting reflexes in ferrets following cisplatin administration.2015 September 1, Dongsun Park et al., “A Dunnione Compound MB12662 Improves Cisplatin-Induced Tissue Injury and Emesis”, in Biomolecules & Therapeutics, volume 23, →DOI

Forms of dunnione

pluraldunniones

Questions about dunnione

What does dunnione mean?
Dunnione means the orthoquinone 2,3,3-trimethyl-2H-benzo[g][1]benzofuran-4,5-dione that is a naturally-occurring insecticide.
What part of speech is dunnione?
Dunnione is a noun.
What is the plural of dunnione?
The plural of dunnione is dunniones.

Words near dunnione in the dictionary

  1. Dunning-Krugerrand
  2. Dunning-Krugerrands
  3. dunnings
  4. Dunnington
  5. Dunningtons
  6. dunnione
  7. dunniones
  8. dunnish
  9. dunnit
  10. dunnite
  11. dunno

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