gregatin

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Cephalosporium gregatum + -in.

Noun[edit]

gregatin (plural gregatins)

  1. (biochemistry) A kind of fungal metabolite containing a 2-methylfuran-3-one with three other side chains, including a hexene or hexadiene at ring position 2 and an acyl at position 4.