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genkwanin

genkwanin noun: an O-methylated flavone found in various plants, including Alnus glutinosa, Notholaena bryopoda, and Asplenium normale.

Noun

genkwanin (uncountable)

  1. An O-methylated flavone found in various plants, including Alnus glutinosa, Notholaena bryopoda, and Asplenium normale.
    • Composition of Daphne genkwa. II. Constitution of a new flavone, genkwanin1932, M Nakano, “Composition of Daphne genkwa. II. Constitution of a new flavone, genkwanin”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), title
    • The phenolic diterpenes carnosol and carnosic acid and the phenolic acid rosmarinic acid are the main antioxidant components, while a number of flavonoids are usually also present, among which scutellarin, luteolin, genkwanin and kaempferol are major constituents.2015 July 16, “Anti-Proliferative Effect of Rosmarinus officinalis L. Extract on Human Melanoma A375 Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of genkwanin

After the species Daphne genkwa, where it was first discovered; with suffix -in.

Questions about genkwanin

What does genkwanin mean?
Genkwanin means an O-methylated flavone found in various plants, including Alnus glutinosa, Notholaena bryopoda, and Asplenium normale.
What part of speech is genkwanin?
Genkwanin is a noun.

Words near genkwanin in the dictionary

  1. genkan
  2. genkans
  3. genki
  4. genkinite
  5. genkwa
  6. genkwanin
  7. genl
  8. genlock
  9. genlocked
  10. genlocker
  11. genlockers

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