aloesaponarin

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Aloe saponaria +‎ -in

Noun[edit]

aloesaponarin (plural aloesaponarins)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a small group of anthraquinone derivatives that occur in the roots of Aloe saponaria
    • 2015 July 11, “Functional Characterization of a Ketoreductase-Encoding Gene med -ORF12 Involved in the Formation of a Stereospecific Pyran Ring during the Biosynthesis of an Antitumor Antibiotic Medermycin”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      It could be converted into two shunt products (DMAC 5 and aloesaponarin II 6 ) in the actVI-ORF1-deficient mutant strain.