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gymnemagenin

gymnemagenin noun: a triterpenoid aglycone of gymnemic acid.

Noun

gymnemagenin (uncountable)

  1. A triterpenoid aglycone of gymnemic acid
    • The method involves the initial hydrolysis of gymnemic acids, the active ingredients, to a common aglycone followed by the quantitative estimation of gymnemagenin, using gymnemagenin as reference standard.2015 October 17, “Immunomodulatory Effect of Gymnema sylvestre (R.Br.) Leaf Extract: An In Vitro Study in Rat Model”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about gymnemagenin

What does gymnemagenin mean?
Gymnemagenin means a triterpenoid aglycone of gymnemic acid.
What part of speech is gymnemagenin?
Gymnemagenin is a noun.

Words near gymnemagenin in the dictionary

  1. gymnasts
  2. gymnatoria
  3. gymnatorium
  4. gymnatoriums
  5. gymnaxony
  6. gymnemagenin
  7. gymnemaroside
  8. gymnemate
  9. gymnemates
  10. gymnemic acid
  11. gymnemic acids

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