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gregatin

gregatin noun: a kind of fungal metabolite containing a 2-methylfuran-3-one with three other side chains, including a hexene or hexadiene at ring position 2 and an acyl at position 4.

Noun

gregatin (plural gregatins)

  1. A kind of fungal metabolite containing a 2-methylfuran-3-one with three other side chains, including a hexene or hexadiene at ring position 2 and an acyl at position 4.

Forms of gregatin

pluralgregatins

Origin of gregatin

From Cephalosporium gregatum + -in.

Questions about gregatin

What does gregatin mean?
Gregatin means a kind of fungal metabolite containing a 2-methylfuran-3-one with three other side chains, including a hexene or hexadiene at ring position 2 and an acyl at position 4.
What part of speech is gregatin?
Gregatin is a noun.
What is the plural of gregatin?
The plural of gregatin is gregatins.

Words near gregatin in the dictionary

  1. gregarize
  2. gregarized
  3. gregarizes
  4. gregarizing
  5. Gregas
  6. gregatin
  7. gregatins
  8. grege
  9. Gregersen
  10. Gregersens
  11. Gregerson

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