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oxylipin

oxylipin noun: oxygenated natural products which are formed from fatty acids by pathways involving at least one step of dioxygen-dependent oxidation; many of them have physiological importance.

Noun

oxylipin (plural oxylipins)

  1. oxygenated natural products which are formed from fatty acids by pathways involving at least one step of dioxygen-dependent oxidation; many of them have physiological importance

Forms of oxylipin

pluraloxylipins

Questions about oxylipin

What does oxylipin mean?
Oxylipin means oxygenated natural products which are formed from fatty acids by pathways involving at least one step of dioxygen-dependent oxidation; many of them have physiological importance.
What part of speech is oxylipin?
Oxylipin is a noun.
What is the plural of oxylipin?
The plural of oxylipin is oxylipins.

Words near oxylipin in the dictionary

  1. oxylinkages
  2. oxylipid
  3. oxylipidomic
  4. oxylipidomics
  5. oxylipids
  6. oxylipin
  7. oxylipins
  8. oxyliquit
  9. oxyliquits
  10. oxylith
  11. oxyliths

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