bioprotectant

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noun

A biological or biochemical protectant

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Meanings

nounbioprotectant (plural bioprotectants)

plural bioprotectants

  1. A biological or biochemical protectant

    There are therefore evidences that trehalose produced by plants does not primarily act as a bioprotectant.

    2015 July 11, “Against All Odds: Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthase and Trehalase Genes in the Bdelloid Rotifer Adineta vaga Were Acquired by Horizontal Gene Transfer and Are Upregulated during Desiccation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From bio- + protectant.

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APA

bioprotectant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bioprotectant

MLA

“bioprotectant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bioprotectant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bioprotectant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bioprotectant.

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