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ophiobolin

ophiobolin noun: any of a class of phytotoxic metabolites produced by certain fungi of the genus Helminthosporium.

Noun

ophiobolin (plural ophiobolins)

  1. Any of a class of phytotoxic metabolites produced by certain fungi of the genus Helminthosporium
    • Negative control wells (12/96 per assay plate) contained cells treated with 1% DMSO (final concentration) and positive control wells (4/96 per assay plate) contained cells treated with the fungal toxin ophiobolin A (Sigma Aldrich) at 50 μM with 1% DMSO. Ophiobolin A is cytotoxic both to...2015 August 14, “Chemical Library Screening and Structure-Function Relationship Studies Identify Bisacodyl as a Potent and Selective Cytotoxic Agent Towards Quiescent Human Glioblastoma Tumor...

Forms of ophiobolin

pluralophiobolins

Questions about ophiobolin

What does ophiobolin mean?
Ophiobolin means any of a class of phytotoxic metabolites produced by certain fungi of the genus Helminthosporium.
What part of speech is ophiobolin?
Ophiobolin is a noun.
What is the plural of ophiobolin?
The plural of ophiobolin is ophiobolins.

Words near ophiobolin in the dictionary

  1. ophidiophobia
  2. ophidiophobic
  3. ophidious
  4. ophidism
  5. ophio-
  6. ophiobolin
  7. ophiobolins
  8. ophiocarpine
  9. ophiocephalous
  10. ophiochitonid
  11. ophiochitonids

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