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flavagline

flavagline noun: any of a family of natural products found in plants of the genus Aglaia, and characterized by a cyclopenta[b]benzofuran skeleton.

Noun

flavagline (plural flavaglines)

  1. Any of a family of natural products found in plants of the genus Aglaia, and characterized by a cyclopenta[b]benzofuran skeleton.
    • Not only are flavaglines specifically toxic to cancer cells, but they also promote the survival of neurons, T lymphocytes, and cardiomyocytes under conditions of adverse effects of chemotherapeutic agents: cisplatin, etoposide, and doxorubicin respectively [4 –6 ].2015 November 5, “FL3, a Synthetic Flavagline and Ligand of Prohibitins, Protects Cardiomyocytes via STAT3 from Doxorubicin Toxicity”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of flavagline

pluralflavaglines

Questions about flavagline

What does flavagline mean?
Flavagline means any of a family of natural products found in plants of the genus Aglaia, and characterized by a cyclopenta[b]benzofuran skeleton.
What part of speech is flavagline?
Flavagline is a noun.
What is the plural of flavagline?
The plural of flavagline is flavaglines.

Words near flavagline in the dictionary

  1. flautist
  2. flautists
  3. flav
  4. flava
  5. flavadine
  6. flavagline
  7. flavaglines
  8. flavan
  9. flavandiol
  10. flavandiols
  11. flavane

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