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galagin

galagin noun: the flavonol 3,5,7-rihydroxy-2-phenylchromen-4-one present in the rhizomes of Alpinia galanga (blue ginger).

Noun

galagin (countable and uncountable, plural galagins)

  1. The flavonol 3,5,7-rihydroxy-2-phenylchromen-4-one present in the rhizomes of Alpinia galanga (blue ginger).

Forms of galagin

pluralgalagins

Questions about galagin

What does galagin mean?
Galagin means the flavonol 3,5,7-rihydroxy-2-phenylchromen-4-one present in the rhizomes of Alpinia galanga (blue ginger).
What part of speech is galagin?
Galagin is a noun.
What is the plural of galagin?
The plural of galagin is galagins.

Words near galagin in the dictionary

  1. galacturonosyltransferases
  2. galage
  3. galages
  4. galagid
  5. galagids
  6. galagin
  7. galagine
  8. galagines
  9. galago
  10. galagoes
  11. galagonid

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