English Explanatory Dictionary

phorboxazole

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a group of complex organic compounds, containing oxazole rings, isolated from marine sponges of the genus Phorbas; some of these exhibit cytostatic activity.

Word forms

phorboxazole phorboxazoles

Etymology

From translingual Phorbas + oxazole.

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