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monascin

monascin noun: the heterotricycle (3S,3aR,9aR)-3-hexanoyl-9a-methyl-6-[(E)-prop-1-enyl]-3,3a,4,8-tetrahydrofuro[3,2-g]isochromene-2,9-dione present in the rice mold Monascus.

Noun

monascin (uncountable)

  1. The heterotricycle (3S,3aR,9aR)-3-hexanoyl-9a-methyl-6-[(E)-prop-1-enyl]-3,3a,4,8-tetrahydrofuro[3,2-g]isochromene-2,9-dione present in the rice mold Monascus

Origin of monascin

From Monascus + -cin.

Questions about monascin

What does monascin mean?
Monascin means the heterotricycle (3S,3aR,9aR)-3-hexanoyl-9a-methyl-6-[(E)-prop-1-enyl]-3,3a,4,8-tetrahydrofuro[3,2-g]isochromene-2,9-dione present in the rice mold Monascus.
What part of speech is monascin?
Monascin is a noun.

Words near monascin in the dictionary

  1. monarticular
  2. Monarto mintbush
  3. monas
  4. monascidian
  5. monascidians
  6. monascin
  7. monascinol
  8. Monash
  9. monastaries
  10. monastary
  11. monaster

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