creatonotine
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[edit]Noun
[edit]creatonotine (countable and uncountable, plural creatonotines)
- (organic chemistry) Any of a specific family of semiochemicals (esters of retronecine) produced by arctiid moths
- 2015 October 31, “Feeding on Host Plants with Different Concentrations and Structures of Pyrrolizidine Alkaloids Impacts the Chemical-Defense Effectiveness of a Specialist Herbivore”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- An N-oxide mixture of creatonotine B:iso-creatonotine B, in a similar concentration to those found in U.