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xanthopterins

xanthopterins is the plural of xanthopterin.

Meaning of xanthopterin

Noun

xanthopterin (countable and uncountable, plural xanthopterins)

  1. A yellow crystalline solid that occurs mainly in the wings of butterflies and in the urine of mammals, converted by microorganisms into folic acid.

Questions about xanthopterins

What is xanthopterins the plural of?
Xanthopterins is the plural of xanthopterin.

Words near xanthopterins in the dictionary

  1. xanthopsins
  2. xanthopsy
  3. xanthopsydracia
  4. xanthopterin
  5. xanthopterine
  6. xanthopterins
  7. xanthopuccin
  8. xanthopuccine
  9. xanthopurpurin
  10. xanthorhamnin
  11. xanthorhamnine

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