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ophiobolins

ophiobolins is the plural of ophiobolin.

Meaning of ophiobolin

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...

Questions about ophiobolins

What is ophiobolins the plural of?
Ophiobolins is the plural of ophiobolin.

Words near ophiobolins in the dictionary

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

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