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wheldone

wheldone noun: a fungal metabolite isolated from the coculture of Aspergillus fischeri and Xylaria flabelliformis, displaying cytotoxic activity against breast, melanoma, and ovarian cancer cell lines.

Noun

wheldone (uncountable)

  1. A fungal metabolite isolated from the coculture of Aspergillus fischeri and Xylaria flabelliformis, displaying cytotoxic activity against breast, melanoma, and ovarian cancer cell lines.

Origin of wheldone

Coined by biochemists Sonja L. Knowles et al. in 2020, in honor of British motor racing driver Dan Wheldon.

Questions about wheldone

What does wheldone mean?
Wheldone means a fungal metabolite isolated from the coculture of Aspergillus fischeri and Xylaria flabelliformis, displaying cytotoxic activity against breast, melanoma, and ovarian cancer cell lines.
What part of speech is wheldone?
Wheldone is a noun.

Words near wheldone in the dictionary

  1. Whelan
  2. Whelans
  3. Whelchel
  4. Whelchels
  5. Wheldon
  6. wheldone
  7. Wheldons
  8. Wheldrake
  9. Whelehan
  10. Whelehans
  11. Whelham

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