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neobiosamine

neobiosamine noun: any isomer of the disaccharide moiety present in the antibiotic glycoside neomycin.

Noun

neobiosamine (countable and uncountable, plural neobiosamines)

  1. Any isomer of the disaccharide moiety present in the antibiotic glycoside neomycin.
    • Properties of the isomeric neobiosamines and of their methyl glycosides are summarized in Table 2.1.1964, Kenneth L. Rinehart, The Neomycins and Related Antibiotics, page 7
    • Reduction of neobiosamine C followed by hydrolysis gives ribitol.1964, Hamao Umezawa, Recent Advances in Chemistry and Biochemistry of Antibiotics, page 71

Forms of neobiosamine

pluralneobiosamines

Questions about neobiosamine

What does neobiosamine mean?
Neobiosamine means any isomer of the disaccharide moiety present in the antibiotic glycoside neomycin.
What part of speech is neobiosamine?
Neobiosamine is a noun.
What is the plural of neobiosamine?
The plural of neobiosamine is neobiosamines.

Words near neobiosamine in the dictionary

  1. neobehaviourists
  2. neobergamate
  3. neobetanidin
  4. neobetanin
  5. neobiani
  6. neobiosamine
  7. neobiosamines
  8. neobiotic
  9. neobladder
  10. neobladders
  11. neoblast

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