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pochonin

pochonin noun: a radicicol produced by Pochonia or Humicola.

Noun

pochonin (countable and uncountable, plural pochonins)

  1. A radicicol produced by Pochonia or Humicola.
    • Pochonins A-F are six new members of the 14-membered resorcylic acid lactones (RALs) family which were identified in a Herpes Simplex Virus replication assay.2006, Emilie Moulin, Diversity-oriented Synthesis of Pochonins
    • On treatment with a base (K₂CO₃), pochonin C could be efficiently converted into radicicol.2013, Tomasz Janecki, Natural Lactones and Lactams: Synthesis, Occurrence and Biological Activity (page 7-12)

Forms of pochonin

pluralpochonins

Origin of pochonin

From translingual Pochonia + -in.

Questions about pochonin

What does pochonin mean?
Pochonin means a radicicol produced by Pochonia or Humicola.
What part of speech is pochonin?
Pochonin is a noun.
What is the plural of pochonin?
The plural of pochonin is pochonins.

Words near pochonin in the dictionary

  1. pochismos
  2. pocho
  3. pochoir
  4. pochoirs
  5. Pochon
  6. pochonin
  7. pochonins
  8. pochos
  9. pochoxime
  10. pochoximes
  11. pochteca

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