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ebelactone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ebelac-tone
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The lactone (3S,4S)-4-[(E,2S,6R,8S,9R,10R)-9-hydroxy-4,6,8,10-tetramethyl-7-oxododec-4-en-2-yl]-3-methyloxetan-2-one (or an isomer) that is an esterase inhibitor produced by actinomycetes

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

ebelactones (plural)

Questions

What does ebelactone mean?
The lactone (3S,4S)-4-[(E,2S,6R,8S,9R,10R)-9-hydroxy-4,6,8,10-tetramethyl-7-oxododec-4-en-2-yl]-3-methyloxetan-2-one (or an isomer) that is an esterase inhibitor produced by actinomycetes

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