pentacyclosqualene

noun

A pentacyclic triterpene hydrocarbon (hydropicene) formed from squalene

Scrabble 36

Meanings

nounpentacyclosqualene (countable and uncountable, plural pentacyclosqualenes)

plural pentacyclosqualenes

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA pentacyclic triterpene hydrocarbon (hydropicene) formed from squalene
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