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fluorescamine

fluorescamine noun: a spiro compound that reacts with primary amines to form highly fluorescent products.

Noun

fluorescamine (usually uncountable, plural fluorescamines)

  1. (usually) A spiro compound that reacts with primary amines to form highly fluorescent products.

Forms of fluorescamine

pluralfluorescamines

Origin of fluorescamine

Blend of fluoresce + amine.

Questions about fluorescamine

What does fluorescamine mean?
Fluorescamine means a spiro compound that reacts with primary amines to form highly fluorescent products.
What part of speech is fluorescamine?
Fluorescamine is a noun.
What is the plural of fluorescamine?
The plural of fluorescamine is fluorescamines.

Words near fluorescamine in the dictionary

  1. fluorenylidenes
  2. fluorenyls
  3. fluoreophore
  4. fluorephore
  5. fluorephores
  6. fluorescamine
  7. fluorescamines
  8. fluoresce
  9. fluoresced
  10. fluorescein
  11. fluoresceinated

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