dihydrobenzophenanthridine oxidase

noun

An enzyme that produces oxidized forms of benzophenanthridine alkaloids, such as sanguinarine from dihydrosanguinarine, chelirubine from dihydrochelirubine, and macarpine from dihydromacarpine.

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Meanings

noundihydrobenzophenanthridine oxidase (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiochemistryAn enzyme that produces oxidized forms of benzophenanthridine alkaloids, such as sanguinarine from dihydrosanguinarine, chelirubine from dihydrochelirubine, and macarpine from dihydromacarpine.
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