Etymology

gregatin

G2R1E1G2A1T1I1N1

Today it means: A kind of fungal metabolite containing a 2-methylfuran-3-one with three other side chains, including a hexene or hexadiene at ring position 2 and an acyl at position 4. Full definition →

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The story

From Cephalosporium gregatum + -in.

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