nigerone

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noun

Any of a class of naphthopyrones obtained from Aspergillus niger or its close relatives.

Origintranslingual niger →
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Meanings

nounnigerone (countable and uncountable, plural nigerones)

plural nigerones

  1. countableuncountablechemistryAny of a class of naphthopyrones obtained from Aspergillus niger or its close relatives.

    Recently, an enantioselective synthesis of the chiral bisnaphthopyrone natural product nigerone 235 was reported by Kozlowski and co-workers (Scheme 3.13).

    2012, Sohail Anjum Shahzad, Novel Selenium-Mediated Rearrangements and Cyclisations, page 62

Origin

  1. translingualniger
  2. Englishnigerone

From translingual niger + -one.

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APA

nigerone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nigerone

MLA

“nigerone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nigerone. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nigerone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nigerone.

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