benzotropolone

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noun

Any compound containing a benzene ring fused to one of a tropolone

OriginEnglish tropolone ← Middle French benjoin ← Catalan benjuí →
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Meanings

nounbenzotropolone (plural benzotropolones)

plural benzotropolones

  1. chemistryAny compound containing a benzene ring fused to one of a tropolone

    PPG, a natural benzotropolone compound extracted from nutgalls, was found in a high-throughput screening of natural products to identify inhibitors of PBD-dependent binding [61] .

    2015 June 5, Xiaoqi Liu, “Targeting Polo-Like Kinases: A Promising Therapeutic Approach for Cancer Treatment1”, in Translational Oncology, volume 8, →DOI

Origin

  1. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  2. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  4. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  5. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  6. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  7. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  8. Old Javanesejawa
  9. Old JavaneseJawi
  10. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  11. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  12. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  13. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  14. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  15. Catalanbenjuí
  16. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  17. Englishbenzoin
  18. Englishbenzo-
  19. Englishtropolone
  20. Englishbenzotropolone

From benzo- + tropolone.

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Chicago

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