English Explanatory Dictionary

hopene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A pentacyclic triterpene hydrocarbon produced from squalene by a cyclase enzyme.

Word forms

hopene hopenes

Etymology

From hop + -ene, as found in the hop plant.

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