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enantiospecific

enantiospecific adjective: relating to or composed of a specific enantiomer.

Adjective

enantiospecific (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or composed of a specific enantiomer.
    • There are numerous evidences that efficacy, adverse effects and toxicity of drugs may be enantiospecific.2015 September 15, “Optical Isomers of Atorvastatin, Rosuvastatin and Fluvastatin Enantiospecifically Activate Pregnane X Receptor PXR and Induce CYP2A6, CYP2B6 and CYP3A4 in Human Hepatocytes”, in...

Origin of enantiospecific

From enantio- + specific.

Words formed from enantiospecific

Questions about enantiospecific

What does enantiospecific mean?
Enantiospecific means relating to or composed of a specific enantiomer.
What part of speech is enantiospecific?
Enantiospecific is an adjective.

Words near enantiospecific in the dictionary

  1. enantioseparated
  2. enantioseparation
  3. enantioseparations
  4. enantioses
  5. enantiosis
  6. enantiospecific
  7. enantiospecifically
  8. enantiospecificities
  9. enantiospecificity
  10. enantiostylous
  11. enantiostyly

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