oxylipin

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noun

oxygenated natural products which are formed from fatty acids by pathways involving at least one step of dioxygen-dependent oxidation; many of them have physiological importance

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Meanings

nounoxylipin (plural oxylipins)

plural oxylipins

  1. biochemistryoxygenated natural products which are formed from fatty acids by pathways involving at least one step of dioxygen-dependent oxidation; many of them have physiological importance
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