kaurenoid

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noun

Any of a group of derivatives of kaurenoic acid that have antimalarial activity

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Meanings

nounkaurenoid (plural kaurenoids)

plural kaurenoids

  1. chemistryAny of a group of derivatives of kaurenoic acid that have antimalarial activity

    Kaurenoids hydroxylated at 36-position were efficiently converted into the usual 36-hydroxylated gibberellins […]

    2012, J. MacMillan, Hormonal Regulation of Development I
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    Further experiments are needed to elaborate the exact mechanisms of the hypotensive and diuretic effects of diterpene kaurenoids.

    2016, Maurice M. Iwu, Food as Medicine: Functional Food Plants of Africa
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Chicago

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