English Explanatory Dictionary

Marker degradation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A three-step synthetic route in steroid chemistry, used for the production of cortisone and mammalian sex hormones from plant steroids.

Word forms

Marker degradation

Etymology

It was developed by American chemist Russell Earl Marker in 1938–40.

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