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monascinol

monascinol is the alternative form of monascin.

Meaning of monascin

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

Questions about monascinol

What is monascinol the alternative form of?
Monascinol is the alternative form of monascin.

Words near monascinol in the dictionary

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

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