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nigerones

nigerones is the plural of nigerone.

Meaning of nigerone

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

Questions about nigerones

What is nigerones the plural of?
Nigerones is the plural of nigerone.

Words near nigerones in the dictionary

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

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