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pennogenyl

pennogenyl adjective: related to, or derived from pennogenin.

Adjective

pennogenyl (not comparable)

  1. Related to, or derived from pennogenin.
    • These species contain mainly pennogenyl and diosgenyl glycosides [2 ] which are physiologically active compounds [3, 4 ] and play an important role in the treatment of neoplasms, hemostatic disturbances, inflammation and fungal infection [5 –7 ].2015 August 22, “Pennogenyl Saponins from Paris quadrifolia L. Induce Extrinsic and Intrinsic Pathway of Apoptosis in Human Cervical Cancer HeLa Cells”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of pennogenyl

From pennogenin + -yl.

Questions about pennogenyl

What does pennogenyl mean?
Pennogenyl means related to, or derived from pennogenin.
What part of speech is pennogenyl?
Pennogenyl is an adjective.

Words near pennogenyl in the dictionary

  1. Pennix
  2. Pennixes
  3. Pennock
  4. Pennocks
  5. pennogenin
  6. pennogenyl
  7. pennon
  8. pennoncel
  9. pennoncelle
  10. pennoncelles
  11. pennoncels

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