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meliacinolin

meliacinolin noun: a triterpenoid derivative that inhibits glucosidase and amylase activity and is used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.

Noun

meliacinolin (uncountable)

  1. A triterpenoid derivative that inhibits glucosidase and amylase activity and is used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
    • Recently, the tetranortriterpenoid meliacinolin and azadirachtolide isolated from A.2015 October 16, “Gedunin and Azadiradione: Human Pancreatic Alpha-Amylase Inhibiting Limonoids from Neem (Azadirachta indica) as Anti-Diabetic Agents”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about meliacinolin

What does meliacinolin mean?
Meliacinolin means a triterpenoid derivative that inhibits glucosidase and amylase activity and is used in the treatment of diabetes mellitus.
What part of speech is meliacinolin?
Meliacinolin is a noun.

Words near meliacinolin in the dictionary

  1. Melhuishes
  2. Meli
  3. Melia
  4. meliaceous
  5. meliacin
  6. meliacinolin
  7. Melian
  8. melianol
  9. melianone
  10. Melians
  11. Melibar

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