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pentalenolactone

pentalenolactone noun: a sesquiterpene lactone, isolated from some Streptomyces species, that shows antibiotic activity.

Noun

pentalenolactone (countable and uncountable, plural pentalenolactones)

  1. A sesquiterpene lactone, isolated from some Streptomyces species, that shows antibiotic activity

Forms of pentalenolactone

pluralpentalenolactones

Questions about pentalenolactone

What does pentalenolactone mean?
Pentalenolactone means a sesquiterpene lactone, isolated from some Streptomyces species, that shows antibiotic activity.
What part of speech is pentalenolactone?
Pentalenolactone is a noun.
What is the plural of pentalenolactone?
The plural of pentalenolactone is pentalenolactones.

Words near pentalenolactone in the dictionary

  1. pentalemma
  2. pentalemmas
  3. pentalene
  4. pentalenene
  5. pentalenes
  6. pentalenolactone
  7. pentalenolactones
  8. pentalingual
  9. pentalinguals
  10. pentallelic
  11. pentalobate

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