ovothiol

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noun

Any of a group of antioxidant mercaptohistidines found in the eggs of some marine invertebrates

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Meanings

nounovothiol (plural ovothiols)

plural ovothiols

  1. chemistryAny of a group of antioxidant mercaptohistidines found in the eggs of some marine invertebrates

    Unfortunately none significant variation for ovothiol was experimentally detected.

    2015 July 11, “A Multiplatform Metabolomic Approach to the Basis of Antimonial Action and Resistance in Leishmania infantum”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From ovo- + thiol.

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