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ketoreduction

ketoreduction noun: the reduction of a ketone (typically to an alcohol).

Noun

ketoreduction (plural ketoreductions)

  1. The reduction of a ketone (typically to an alcohol)
    • In addition to that, a co-expression system composed of 6 act earlier genes (KS-, CLP-, ACP-, KR-, ARO- and CYC-encoding genes) together with med-ORF12 could result in the production of (S)-DNPA 7, proposing that Med-ORF12 could catalyze a stereospecific ketoreduction at C3 of the bicyclic...2015 July 11, “Functional Characterization of a Ketoreductase-Encoding Gene med -ORF12 Involved in the Formation of a Stereospecific Pyran Ring during the Biosynthesis of an Antitumor Antibiotic...

Forms of ketoreduction

pluralketoreductions

Origin of ketoreduction

From keto- + reduction.

Questions about ketoreduction

What does ketoreduction mean?
Ketoreduction means the reduction of a ketone (typically to an alcohol).
What part of speech is ketoreduction?
Ketoreduction is a noun.
What is the plural of ketoreduction?
The plural of ketoreduction is ketoreductions.

Words near ketoreduction in the dictionary

  1. ketoprofene
  2. ketopyranose
  3. ketopyranoses
  4. ketoreductase
  5. ketoreductases
  6. ketoreduction
  7. ketoreductions
  8. ketoret
  9. ketorfanol
  10. ketorolac
  11. ketos

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