Hopene
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hopene is a noun meaning (biochemistry) A pentacyclic triterpene hydrocarbon produced from squalene by a cyclase enzyme.
Meaning
(biochemistry) A pentacyclic triterpene hydrocarbon produced from squalene by a cyclase enzyme.
Word Forms
- hopenes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pentacyclosqualene, perhydrosqualene, epoxysqualene, ursane, squalane, hopane.
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