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ovothiol

ovothiol noun: any of a group of antioxidant mercaptohistidines found in the eggs of some marine invertebrates.

Noun

ovothiol (plural ovothiols)

  1. Any of a group of antioxidant mercaptohistidines found in the eggs of some marine invertebrates
    • Unfortunately none significant variation for ovothiol was experimentally detected.2015 July 11, “A Multiplatform Metabolomic Approach to the Basis of Antimonial Action and Resistance in Leishmania infantum”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of ovothiol

pluralovothiols

Origin of ovothiol

From ovo- + thiol.

Words formed from ovothiol

Questions about ovothiol

What does ovothiol mean?
Ovothiol means any of a group of antioxidant mercaptohistidines found in the eggs of some marine invertebrates.
What part of speech is ovothiol?
Ovothiol is a noun.
What is the plural of ovothiol?
The plural of ovothiol is ovothiols.

Words near ovothiol in the dictionary

  1. ovostatin
  2. ovostatins
  3. ovotestes
  4. ovotesticular
  5. ovotestis
  6. ovothiol
  7. ovothiol A
  8. ovothiols
  9. ovotoxic
  10. ovotoxicant
  11. ovotoxicants

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