kaurenoid

English

Noun

kaurenoid (plural kaurenoids)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a group of derivatives of kaurenoic acid that have antimalarial activity
    • 2012, J. MacMillan, Hormonal Regulation of Development I:
      Kaurenoids hydroxylated at 36-position were efficiently converted into the usual 36-hydroxylated gibberellins […]
    • 2016, Maurice M. Iwu, Food as Medicine: Functional Food Plants of Africa:
      Further experiments are needed to elaborate the exact mechanisms of the hypotensive and diuretic effects of diterpene kaurenoids.
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