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gentisates

gentisates is the plural of gentisate.

Meaning of gentisate

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...

Questions about gentisates

What is gentisates the plural of?
Gentisates is the plural of gentisate.

Words near gentisates in the dictionary

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

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