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flavinyl

flavinyl noun: a univalent radical derived from a flavin.

Noun

flavinyl (plural not attested)

  1. (especially, in-compounds, no plural) A univalent radical derived from a flavin.
    • The effect that the tight intramolecular interactions observed within synthetic flavinyl peptides have on the ability of the light-excited flavin portions to oxidize aromatic amino acids intra- and intermolecularly has been examined.1971 May 25, FeliciaYing-Hsiueh Wu, “Flavin-sensitized photooxidations of tryptophan and tyrosine”, in Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Protein Structure, volume 236, number 2

Questions about flavinyl

What does flavinyl mean?
Flavinyl means a univalent radical derived from a flavin.
What part of speech is flavinyl?
Flavinyl is a noun.

Words near flavinyl in the dictionary

  1. flavine
  2. flavines
  3. flavinoid
  4. flavinoids
  5. flavins
  6. flavinyl
  7. flavinylate
  8. flavinylated
  9. flavinylation
  10. flaviolin
  11. Flavius

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