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sirenin

sirenin noun: a sexual attraction pheromone in some fungi of the genus Allomyces.

Noun

sirenin (uncountable)

  1. A sexual attraction pheromone in some fungi of the genus Allomyces.
    • Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich
      One notable early example was reported by Corey and involved an intramolecular cyclopropanation that was used in the synthesis of sirenin and has since been achieved asymmetrically using a chiral copper catalyst.

Origin of sirenin

From siren + -in.

Questions about sirenin

What does sirenin mean?
Sirenin means a sexual attraction pheromone in some fungi of the genus Allomyces.
What part of speech is sirenin?
Sirenin is a noun.

Words near sirenin in the dictionary

  1. sirenids
  2. Sirenik
  3. Sirenik Yupik
  4. Sireniki Yupik
  5. Sirenikskiy
  6. sirenin
  7. sirening
  8. sirenise
  9. sirenised
  10. sirenises
  11. sirenising

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