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rotenones

rotenones is the plural of rotenone.

Meaning of rotenone

Noun

rotenone (countable and uncountable, plural rotenones)

  1. A toxic crystalline substance obtained from the roots of derris and related plants, widely used as an insecticide.
    • The cryophilic phenotype of the atu mutant was alleviated to some extent by administering rotenone, a pharmacological inhibitor of oxidative phosphorylation, but not tolbutamide, a sulphonylurea that stimulates metabolic rate by raising the lymphatic concentration of glucose.2009 March 27, Ken-ichi Takeuchi et al., “Changes in Temperature Preferences and Energy Homeostasis in Dystroglycan Mutants”, in Science, volume 323, number 5922, →DOI, pages 1740–1743
    Synonyms:
    nicouline

Questions about rotenones

What is rotenones the plural of?
Rotenones is the plural of rotenone.

Words near rotenones in the dictionary

  1. roteness
  2. rotenoid
  3. rotenoids
  4. rotenolone
  5. rotenone
  6. rotenones
  7. Rotert
  8. Roterts
  9. rotes
  10. rotework
  11. ROTFC

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