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nobiletin

nobiletin noun: an O-methylated flavone found in citrus peels.

Noun

nobiletin (uncountable)

  1. An O-methylated flavone found in citrus peels.
    • One group of chemicals, called polymethoxylated flavones, includes nobiletin, tangeretin and sinesetin.2009 March 31, C. Claiborne Ray, “More Than Skin Deep”, in New York Times

Questions about nobiletin

What does nobiletin mean?
Nobiletin means an O-methylated flavone found in citrus peels.
What part of speech is nobiletin?
Nobiletin is a noun.

Words near nobiletin in the dictionary

  1. nobheads
  2. Nobiin
  3. Nobile
  4. nobile officium
  5. Nobiles
  6. nobiletin
  7. Nobili's rings
  8. nobiliary
  9. nobiliary particle
  10. nobiliary particles
  11. nobilified

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