Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tanshinone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tan-shi-none
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a family of diterpene quinones, isolated from tan shen, that are transcription factor inhibitors

Example Sentences

"Possibly, a low concentration in the water-extract of pharmacologically active lipophilic compounds, including tanshinones, led to a lack of efficacy of Danshen."

Inflected Forms

tanshinones (plural)

Derived Forms

dihydrotanshinone

Frequently Paired Words

tanshinol isotanshinone

Questions

What does tanshinone mean?: Any of a family of diterpene quinones, isolated from tan shen, that are transcription factor inhibitors

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