elgonica

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noun

A particular anthraquinone found in certain aloes, normally as a dimer.

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Meanings

nounelgonica (uncountable)
  1. uncountablechemistryA particular anthraquinone found in certain aloes, normally as a dimer.

    We found that the major compounds in the solution were aloin A and aloin B. In addition, 10-hydroxy aloin and elgonica dimers were detected in smaller amounts.

    2016 February 17, “The Inhibitory Effect of Natural Products on Protein Fibrillation May Be Caused by Degradation Products – A Study Using Aloin and Insulin”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

nealogiccogenial
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