bathocuproine

B3A1T1H4O1C3U1P3R1O1I1N1E1

noun

A compound having the formula C26H20N2, used chiefly as a metal complexing agent or chelator.

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nounbathocuproine (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA compound having the formula C26H20N2, used chiefly as a metal complexing agent or chelator.

    Incubation of HepG2 cells with the copper chelator bathocuproine was completely ineffective (Fig. 2 C), showing ion specificity.

    1998 January 30, Chinmay K. Mukhopadhyay et al., “Role of Ceruloplasmin in Cellular Iron Uptake”, in Science, volume 279, number 5351, →DOI, pages 714–717

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