Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ligustilide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ligustilide
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The lactone (3Z)-3-butylidene-4,5-dihydro-2-benzofuran-1-one, isolated from plants of the genus Ligusticum, used as a cardiovascular therapy

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This might explain why chronic administration of ligustilide prevents (via klotho upregulation) the development of AD-like neuropathologies and memory impairment [14 ]."

Usage

Inflected Forms

ligustilides (plural)

Questions

What does ligustilide mean?: The lactone (3Z)-3-butylidene-4,5-dihydro-2-benzofuran-1-one, isolated from plants of the genus Ligusticum, used as a cardiovascular therapy

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