Meanings
nounpisatin (uncountable)
- uncountableA pterocarpan found in the pea plant Pisum sativum.
Hans VanEtten and Evans Kaimoyo of the University of Arizona and colleagues applied a low-level direct current (30 to 100 milliamperes at 8 to 24 volts) to pea plant roots and found that the plants produced levels of pisatin, an antifungal compound, 13 times as high as those of untreated plants.
2008 April 1, Henry Fountain, “The Little Tingle Tells You It’s Working”, in New York Times
Origin
Short for Pisum sativum + -in.
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