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ferrostatin

ferrostatin noun: any of a group of inhibitors of non-apoptotic cell death induced by ferroptosis.

Noun

ferrostatin (plural ferrostatins)

  1. Any of a group of inhibitors of non-apoptotic cell death induced by ferroptosis
    • However, although A549 cells do have activated RAS, we find that the addition of ferrostatin has no effect on heme-induced death of HO-1KO A549 cells (results not shown).2015 August 14, “How Heme Oxygenase-1 Prevents Heme-Induced Cell Death”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of ferrostatin

pluralferrostatins

Questions about ferrostatin

What does ferrostatin mean?
Ferrostatin means any of a group of inhibitors of non-apoptotic cell death induced by ferroptosis.
What part of speech is ferrostatin?
Ferrostatin is a noun.
What is the plural of ferrostatin?
The plural of ferrostatin is ferrostatins.

Words near ferrostatin in the dictionary

  1. ferrosilite
  2. ferroso-
  3. ferrosoferric
  4. ferrosol
  5. ferrosols
  6. ferrostatin
  7. ferrostatins
  8. ferrostrunzite
  9. ferrosulfide
  10. ferrosulfides
  11. ferrosulphide

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