Photopyrone

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The ketone 3-hexyl-4-hydroxy-6-(2-methylpropyl)pyran-2-one (and related compounds) that at as quorum sensing signals in Photorhabdus

Etymology

From photo- + pyrone.

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