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gentisate

gentisate noun: 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate (any salt of ester of gentisic acid).

Noun

gentisate (plural gentisates)

  1. 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate (any salt of ester of gentisic acid)
    • Seventy-three oxygenases/hydroxylases amongst the 134 annotated genes are predicted to catalyze the oxidation of organic compounds with industrial and environmental relevance, such as linear alkanes, cyclic ketones, aromatic compounds (e.g., benzoate, catechol, gentisate, salicylate)...2015 October 2, “Genome and Phenotype Microarray Analyses of Rhodococcus sp. BCP1 and Rhodococcus opacus R7: Genetic Determinants and Metabolic Abilities with Environmental Relevance”, in PLOS ONE...

Forms of gentisate

pluralgentisates

Origin of gentisate

From gentisic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Questions about gentisate

What does gentisate mean?
Gentisate means 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate (any salt of ester of gentisic acid).
What part of speech is gentisate?
Gentisate is a noun.
What is the plural of gentisate?
The plural of gentisate is gentisates.

Words near gentisate in the dictionary

  1. gentiocyanins
  2. gentiodelphin
  3. gentiolactone
  4. gentiopicrin
  5. gentiopicroside
  6. gentisate
  7. gentisates
  8. gentisein
  9. gentisic acid
  10. gentisin
  11. gentle

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