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solanogantine

solanogantine noun: a steroid alkaloid found in Solanum giganteum.

Noun

solanogantine (uncountable)

  1. A steroid alkaloid found in Solanum giganteum.
    • The isolation and structure determination of a major alkaloid, solanogantine (1), a novel 3-amino-solanidane, from this plant has already been reported from this laboratory in a preliminary communication.1978, Journal of the Indian Chemical Society, volume 55, page 1109
    • The isolation of the 3β-amino-steroid solanogantine from leaves of S. giganteum was earlier the subject of a preliminary communication.1981, M. F. Grundon, Alkaloids, page 230

Origin of solanogantine

From portions of the phrase Solanum giganteum, + -ine.

Questions about solanogantine

What does solanogantine mean?
Solanogantine means a steroid alkaloid found in Solanum giganteum.
What part of speech is solanogantine?
Solanogantine is a noun.

Words near solanogantine in the dictionary

  1. solanins
  2. Solanki
  3. Solankis
  4. solano
  5. Solano County
  6. solanogantine
  7. solanoid
  8. solanorubin
  9. Solanos
  10. solanoside
  11. solans

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