nigerone
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of a class of naphthopyrones obtained from Aspergillus niger or its close relatives.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Recently, an enantioselective synthesis of the chiral bisnaphthopyrone natural product nigerone 235 was reported by Kozlowski and co-workers (Scheme 3.13)."
Etymology
From translingual niger + -one.
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Derived Forms
demethylnigerone
isonigerone