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pisatin

pisatin noun: a pterocarpan found in the pea plant Pisum sativum.

Noun

pisatin (uncountable)

  1. A pterocarpan found in the pea plant Pisum sativum.
    • Hans VanEtten and Evans Kaimoyo of the University of Arizona and colleagues applied a low-level direct current (30 to 100 milliamperes at 8 to 24 volts) to pea plant roots and found that the plants produced levels of pisatin, an antifungal compound, 13 times as high as those of untreated plants.2008 April 1, Henry Fountain, “The Little Tingle Tells You It’s Working”, in New York Times

Origin of pisatin

Short for Pisum sativum + -in.

Questions about pisatin

What does pisatin mean?
Pisatin means a pterocarpan found in the pea plant Pisum sativum.
What part of speech is pisatin?
Pisatin is a noun.

Words near pisatin in the dictionary

  1. pisasphalt
  2. pisasphaltum
  3. pisasteroside
  4. Pisatao
  5. Pisatau
  6. pisatin
  7. pisaurid
  8. pisaurids
  9. Piscarian
  10. piscaries
  11. piscarinine

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