ovothiol

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

ovo- +‎ thiol

Noun[edit]

ovothiol (plural ovothiols)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a group of antioxidant mercaptohistidines found in the eggs of some marine invertebrates
    • 2015 July 11, “A Multiplatform Metabolomic Approach to the Basis of Antimonial Action and Resistance in Leishmania infantum”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Unfortunately none significant variation for ovothiol was experimentally detected.

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