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phenylglyoxal

phenylglyoxal noun: an organic compound with formula C₆H₅C(O)C(O)H, used as a reagent to modify the amino acid arginine.

Noun

phenylglyoxal (uncountable)

  1. An organic compound with formula C₆H₅C(O)C(O)H, used as a reagent to modify the amino acid arginine.

Questions about phenylglyoxal

What does phenylglyoxal mean?
Phenylglyoxal means an organic compound with formula C₆H₅C(O)C(O)H, used as a reagent to modify the amino acid arginine.
What part of speech is phenylglyoxal?
Phenylglyoxal is a noun.

Words near phenylglyoxal in the dictionary

  1. phenylethyls
  2. phenylethynyl
  3. phenylfuran
  4. phenylfurans
  5. phenylglycinol
  6. phenylglyoxal
  7. phenylglyoxylic acid
  8. phenylheptatriene
  9. phenylheptatriyne
  10. phenylhexyl
  11. phenylhexyls

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