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uvaricin

uvaricin noun: a bis(tetrahydrofuranoid) fatty acid lactone, the first acetogenin discovered.

Noun

uvaricin (uncountable)

  1. A bis(tetrahydrofuranoid) fatty acid lactone, the first acetogenin discovered.

Origin of uvaricin

After Uvaria accuminata, from whose roots it was first isolated in 1982.

Questions about uvaricin

What does uvaricin mean?
Uvaricin means a bis(tetrahydrofuranoid) fatty acid lactone, the first acetogenin discovered.
What part of speech is uvaricin?
Uvaricin is a noun.

Words near uvaricin in the dictionary

  1. uvalha
  2. uvalhas
  3. Uvalle
  4. Uvalles
  5. uvanite
  6. uvaricin
  7. uvarinol
  8. uvarovite
  9. uvarovites
  10. uvarovitic
  11. Uvas

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