prodelphinidin
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The polymeric tannins, composed of gallocatechin, that yield delphinidin during depolymerization under oxidative conditions.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "A study with pure prodelphinidin B3 and C2 showed that they inhibit the growth of prostate cancer cells through cell cycle arrest and caspase-3 activation."
Etymology
From pro- + delphinidin.