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kaurenoid

kaurenoid noun: any of a group of derivatives of kaurenoic acid that have antimalarial activity.

Noun

kaurenoid (plural kaurenoids)

  1. Any of a group of derivatives of kaurenoic acid that have antimalarial activity
    • Kaurenoids hydroxylated at 36-position were efficiently converted into the usual 36-hydroxylated gibberellins […]2012, J. MacMillan, Hormonal Regulation of Development I
    • Further experiments are needed to elaborate the exact mechanisms of the hypotensive and diuretic effects of diterpene kaurenoids.2016, Maurice M. Iwu, Food as Medicine: Functional Food Plants of Africa

Forms of kaurenoid

pluralkaurenoids

Questions about kaurenoid

What does kaurenoid mean?
Kaurenoid means any of a group of derivatives of kaurenoic acid that have antimalarial activity.
What part of speech is kaurenoid?
Kaurenoid is a noun.
What is the plural of kaurenoid?
The plural of kaurenoid is kaurenoids.

Words near kaurenoid in the dictionary

  1. Kauravi
  2. kaurene
  3. kaurenes
  4. kaurenoic
  5. kaurenoic acid
  6. kaurenoid
  7. kaurenoids
  8. kauri
  9. kauri grass
  10. kauri gum
  11. kauri pine

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