benzofuroxan

B3E1N1Z10O1F4U1R1O1X8A1N1

noun

A bicyclic heterocycle composed of a benzene ring fused to furoxan

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Meanings

nounbenzofuroxan (countable and uncountable, plural benzofuroxans)

plural benzofuroxans

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA bicyclic heterocycle composed of a benzene ring fused to furoxan

    Among all these hits, furoxan (WNN0809-C005) and benzofuroxan (WNN0335-G006) were well-studied structural motifs as nitric oxide (NO) donating compounds capable of controlling schistosomiasis [ 11, 18 ].

    2015 August 31, Ting Li et al., “High-throughput screening against thioredoxin glutathione reductase identifies novel inhibitors with potential therapeutic value for schistosomiasis”, in Infectious Diseases of Poverty, volume 4, →DOI
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