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heptadienal

heptadienal noun: any aliphatic aldehyde having seven carbon atoms and two double bonds, but especially 2,4-heptadienal.

Noun

heptadienal (countable and uncountable, plural heptadienals)

  1. Any aliphatic aldehyde having seven carbon atoms and two double bonds, but especially 2,4-heptadienal.
    • Our findings revealed that the expression levels of a large number of genes were modulated by the PUAs decadienal, heptadienal and octadienal.2016 February 26, “Toxic Diatom Aldehydes Affect Defence Gene Networks in Sea Urchins”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of heptadienal

pluralheptadienals

Origin of heptadienal

From hepta- + dienal.

Questions about heptadienal

What does heptadienal mean?
Heptadienal means any aliphatic aldehyde having seven carbon atoms and two double bonds, but especially 2,4-heptadienal.
What part of speech is heptadienal?
Heptadienal is a noun.
What is the plural of heptadienal?
The plural of heptadienal is heptadienals.

Words near heptadienal in the dictionary

  1. heptadepsipeptides
  2. heptades
  3. heptadeuterated
  4. heptadiagonal
  5. heptadic
  6. heptadienal
  7. heptadienals
  8. heptadiene
  9. heptadienes
  10. heptadienol
  11. heptadine

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