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/ˌnɔː(ɹ)bəˈdaɪəʊn/ · noun
Any of a group of pigments, related to pulvinic acids, found in Boletus mushrooms.
The pulvinic acid scaffold, which is an important structural motif of norbadione A (Fig 1 ), was used as a starting point for the synthesis of 18 related compounds, whose experimental evaluation confirmed their antioxidant activity [4 ].
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Norbadione means Any of a group of pigments, related to pulvinic acids, found in Boletus mushrooms.
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The pulvinic acid scaffold, which is an important structural motif of norbadione A (Fig 1 ), was used as a starting point for the synthesis of 18 related compounds, whose experimental evaluation confirmed their antioxidant activity [4 ].
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