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dolabellane

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dola-bel-lane
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a group of diterpenoids, extracted from the sea hare Dolabella auricularia, that are inhibitors of a reverse transcriptase. They contain an eleven-member ring fused to a five-member ring, with methyl side groups on carbon 1,4 and 8, and isopropyl on position 12.

Etymology

From Dolabella californica. Named in 1976 by Ireland, Faulkner, Finer, and Clardy.

Inflected Forms

dolabellanes (plural)

Synonyms

araneosene

Questions

What does dolabellane mean?
Any of a group of diterpenoids, extracted from the sea hare Dolabella auricularia, that are inhibitors of a reverse transcriptase. They contain an eleven-member ring fused to a five-member ring, with methyl side groups on carbon 1,4 and 8, and isopropyl on position 12.
Where does dolabellane come from?
From Dolabella californica. Named in 1976 by Ireland, Faulkner, Finer, and Clardy.

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