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ligustilide

ligustilide noun: the lactone (3Z)-3-butylidene-4,5-dihydro-2-benzofuran-1-one, isolated from plants of the genus Ligusticum, used as a cardiovascular therapy.

Noun

ligustilide (countable and uncountable, plural ligustilides)

  1. The lactone (3Z)-3-butylidene-4,5-dihydro-2-benzofuran-1-one, isolated from plants of the genus Ligusticum, used as a cardiovascular therapy
    • This might explain why chronic administration of ligustilide prevents (via klotho upregulation) the development of AD-like neuropathologies and memory impairment [14 ].2015 November 25, “Secreted and Transmembrane αKlotho Isoforms Have Different Spatio-Temporal Profiles in the Brain during Aging and Alzheimer's Disease Progression”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of ligustilide

pluralligustilides

Questions about ligustilide

What does ligustilide mean?
Ligustilide means the lactone (3Z)-3-butylidene-4,5-dihydro-2-benzofuran-1-one, isolated from plants of the genus Ligusticum, used as a cardiovascular therapy.
What part of speech is ligustilide?
Ligustilide is a noun.
What is the plural of ligustilide?
The plural of ligustilide is ligustilides.

Words near ligustilide in the dictionary

  1. Ligurian Sea
  2. Ligurians
  3. ligurite
  4. ligurites
  5. Liguro-
  6. ligustilide
  7. ligustilides
  8. ligustral
  9. ligustrazine
  10. ligustrin
  11. ligustroside

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