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epibetulinic acid

epibetulinic acid noun: an epimer of betulinic acid, (1R,3aS,5aR,5bR,7aR,9R,11aR,11bR,13aR,13bR)-9-hydroxy-5a,5b,8,8,11a-pentamethyl-1-prop-1-en-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a,13b-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysene-3a-carboxylic acid.

Noun

epibetulinic acid (uncountable)

  1. An epimer of betulinic acid, (1R,3aS,5aR,5bR,7aR,9R,11aR,11bR,13aR,13bR)-9-hydroxy-5a,5b,8,8,11a-pentamethyl-1-prop-1-en-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a,13b-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysene-3a-carboxylic acid

Origin of epibetulinic acid

From epi- + Latin betul(a) (“birch tree”) + -in + -ic.

Questions about epibetulinic acid

What does epibetulinic acid mean?
Epibetulinic acid means an epimer of betulinic acid, (1R,3aS,5aR,5bR,7aR,9R,11aR,11bR,13aR,13bR)-9-hydroxy-5a,5b,8,8,11a-pentamethyl-1-prop-1-en-2-yl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a,13b-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysene-3a-carboxylic acid.
What part of speech is epibetulinic acid?
Epibetulinic acid is a noun.

Words near epibetulinic acid in the dictionary

  1. epibenthic
  2. epibenthically
  3. epibenthonic
  4. epibenthos
  5. epiberberine
  6. epibetulinic acid
  7. epibiont
  8. epibiontic
  9. epibiontically
  10. epibionts
  11. epibionty

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