biochanin

English

Noun

biochanin (plural biochanins)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a particular group of naturally-occurring flavonoids
   • 2015 May 29, Hyo Jeong Kim et al., “Ecotoxicogenomic Approaches for Understanding Molecular Mechanisms of Environmental Chemical Toxicity Using Aquatic Invertebrate, Daphnia Model Organism”, in International Journal of Molecular Sciences‎^[1], volume 16, →DOI:

     This finding showed that global or localized DNA methylation levels could be altered by 5-azacytidine, vinclozolin, genistein, and zinc but not by 5aza-2′-deoxycytidine, biochanin A, and cadmium.

Derived terms

• biochanin A