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staurosporine

staurosporine noun: an alkaloid derived from the bacterium Streptomyces staurosporeus that has antifungal and antihypertensive properties.

Noun

staurosporine (countable and uncountable, plural staurosporines)

  1. An alkaloid derived from the bacterium Streptomyces staurosporeus that has antifungal and antihypertensive properties

Forms of staurosporine

pluralstaurosporines

Origin of staurosporine

staurosporeus + -ine

Words formed from staurosporine

Questions about staurosporine

What does staurosporine mean?
Staurosporine means an alkaloid derived from the bacterium Streptomyces staurosporeus that has antifungal and antihypertensive properties.
What part of speech is staurosporine?
Staurosporine is a noun.
What is the plural of staurosporine?
The plural of staurosporine is staurosporines.

Words near staurosporine in the dictionary

  1. stauroscopic
  2. stauroscopically
  3. staurospore
  4. staurospores
  5. staurosporin
  6. staurosporine
  7. staurosporines
  8. staurosporous
  9. staurotheke
  10. staurothekes
  11. staurotide

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