biochanin

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noun

Any of a particular group of naturally-occurring flavonoids

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Meanings

nounbiochanin (plural biochanins)

plural biochanins

  1. chemistryAny of a particular group of naturally-occurring flavonoids

    This finding showed that global or localized DNA methylation levels could be altered by 5-azacytidine, vinclozolin, genistein, and zinc but not by 5aza-2′-deoxycytidine, biochanin A, and cadmium.

    2015 May 29, Hyo Jeong Kim et al., “Ecotoxicogenomic Approaches for Understanding Molecular Mechanisms of Environmental Chemical Toxicity Using Aquatic Invertebrate, Daphnia Model Organism”, in International Journal of Molecular Sciences, volume 16, →DOI
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