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noundesacetyl (plural desacetyls)
plural desacetyls
- Any compound that has undergone deacetylation.
Cephalosporin derivatives and their desacetyls and lactones moved; however, cephalosporin C itself and its desacetyl and lactone derivatives failed to move in this system.
2000, M.J. Weinstein, G.H. Wagman, Chromatography of Antibiotics, page 89
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