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octadecanoids

octadecanoids is the plural of octadecanoid.

Meaning of octadecanoid

Noun

octadecanoid (plural octadecanoids)

  1. Relating to octadecanoic acid and its derivatives, but especially to polyunsaturated forms that are involved in the biosynthesis of jasmonic acid
    • Many OPRs are part of the octadecanoid pathway that converts linolenic acid to jasmonic acid (JA), but 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid can also act as a mediator in the defence against necrotrophic pathogens.2015 July 8, “Transcriptional Responses Associated with Virulence and Defence in the Interaction between Heterobasidion annosum s . s . and Norway Spruce”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about octadecanoids

What is octadecanoids the plural of?
Octadecanoids is the plural of octadecanoid.

Words near octadecanoids in the dictionary

  1. octadecanoate
  2. octadecanoates
  3. octadecanoic
  4. octadecanoic acid
  5. octadecanoid
  6. octadecanoids
  7. octadecanol
  8. octadecanoyl
  9. octadecapeptide
  10. octadecapeptides
  11. octadecatetraenoate

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