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hederagenin

hederagenin noun: a triterpenoid originally extracted from Hedera helix, the common ivy.

Noun

hederagenin (uncountable)

  1. A triterpenoid originally extracted from Hedera helix, the common ivy.

Origin of hederagenin

From Hedera, the genus of ivy; originally named hederic acid by the German professor L. Posselt, who was the first to extract the substance from ivy seeds and published his findings in 1849.

Questions about hederagenin

What does hederagenin mean?
Hederagenin means a triterpenoid originally extracted from Hedera helix, the common ivy.
What part of speech is hederagenin?
Hederagenin is a noun.

Words near hederagenin in the dictionary

  1. heder
  2. hedera
  3. hederaceous
  4. hederacoside
  5. hederacosides
  6. hederagenin
  7. hederal
  8. hederas
  9. hederasaponin
  10. hederasaponins
  11. hederate

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