dunniones

D2U1N1N1I1O1N1E1S1

A form of dunnione — The orthoquinone 2,3,3-trimethyl-2H-benzo[g][1]benzofuran-4,5-dione that is a naturally-occurring insecticide

Scrabble 10
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of dunnione

    Recently, we have synthesized dunniones and β-lapachones, the anti-fungal orange-red pigments of Streptocarpus dunnii Mast ( Khambay et al ., 2003 ).

    2015 September 1, Dongsun Park et al., “A Dunnione Compound MB12662 Improves Cisplatin-Induced Tissue Injury and Emesis”, in Biomolecules & Therapeutics, volume 23, →DOI
Cite this entry
APA

dunniones. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dunniones

MLA

“dunniones.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dunniones. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dunniones,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dunniones.

Source: dunniones on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.