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heliotrine

heliotrine noun: the alkaloid [(7S,8R)-7-hydroxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-3H-pyrrolizin-1-yl]methyl (2S)-2-hydroxy-2-[(1R)-1-methoxyethyl]-3-methylbutanoate present in the heliotrope Heliotropium europaeum.

Noun

heliotrine (uncountable)

  1. The alkaloid [(7S,8R)-7-hydroxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-3H-pyrrolizin-1-yl]methyl (2S)-2-hydroxy-2-[(1R)-1-methoxyethyl]-3-methylbutanoate present in the heliotrope Heliotropium europaeum

Questions about heliotrine

What does heliotrine mean?
Heliotrine means the alkaloid [(7S,8R)-7-hydroxy-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-3H-pyrrolizin-1-yl]methyl (2S)-2-hydroxy-2-[(1R)-1-methoxyethyl]-3-methylbutanoate present in the heliotrope Heliotropium europaeum.
What part of speech is heliotrine?
Heliotrine is a noun.

Words near heliotrine in the dictionary

  1. heliothid
  2. heliothids
  3. heliothine
  4. heliothines
  5. heliotomography
  6. heliotrine
  7. heliotron
  8. heliotrons
  9. heliotrope
  10. heliotrope cyanosis
  11. heliotroper

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