pochonin

P3O1C3H4O1N1I1N1

noun

A radicicol produced by Pochonia or Humicola.

Origintranslingual Pochonia →
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Meanings

nounpochonin (countable and uncountable, plural pochonins)

plural pochonins

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA radicicol produced by Pochonia or Humicola.

    2006, Emilie Moulin, Diversity-oriented Synthesis of Pochonins Pochonins A-F are six new members of the 14-membered resorcylic acid lactones (RALs) family which were identified in a Herpes Simplex Virus replication assay.

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    On treatment with a base (K₂CO₃), pochonin C could be efficiently converted into radicicol.

    2013, Tomasz Janecki, Natural Lactones and Lactams: Synthesis, Occurrence and Biological Activity (page 7-12)

Origin

  1. translingualPochonia
  2. Englishpochonin

From translingual Pochonia + -in.

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Anagrams

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APA

pochonin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pochonin

MLA

“pochonin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pochonin. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pochonin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pochonin.

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