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nigerone

nigerone noun: any of a class of naphthopyrones obtained from Aspergillus niger or its close relatives.

Noun

nigerone (countable and uncountable, plural nigerones)

  1. Any of a class of naphthopyrones obtained from Aspergillus niger or its close relatives.
    • Recently, an enantioselective synthesis of the chiral bisnaphthopyrone natural product nigerone 235 was reported by Kozlowski and co-workers (Scheme 3.13).2012, Sohail Anjum Shahzad, Novel Selenium-Mediated Rearrangements and Cyclisations, page 62

Forms of nigerone

pluralnigerones

Origin of nigerone

From translingual niger + -one.

Words formed from nigerone

  • demethylnigerone
  • isonigerone

Questions about nigerone

What does nigerone mean?
Nigerone means any of a class of naphthopyrones obtained from Aspergillus niger or its close relatives.
What part of speech is nigerone?
Nigerone is a noun.
What is the plural of nigerone?
The plural of nigerone is nigerones.

Words near nigerone in the dictionary

  1. Nigeriens
  2. Nigerio-
  3. nigerite
  4. nigero-oligosaccharide
  5. Nigerois
  6. nigerone
  7. nigerones
  8. nigerooligosaccharide
  9. nigerose
  10. Niges
  11. nigfant

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