Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

actinodaphnine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: actin-odaph-nine
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An alkaloid isolated from various plants, including Actinodaphne hookeri, Cassytha filiformis and Litsea monopetala (syn. Litsea polyantha), and investigated for its medicinal properties.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The phenolic aporphine alkaloid actinodaphnine earlier isolated from Actinodaphne hookeri has been reisolated from Litsea polyantha."
"Our results also showed differences in the sensitivities between the tested cell lines to neolitsine, cassythine and actinodaphnine. In general these compounds do not display a selective activity on cancer cell lines, an exception seems to be actinodaphnine which is at least twice less toxic on non cancer 3T3 cells."
"Three aporphine alkaloids (actinodaphnine, cassythine and dicentrine) isolated from C. filiformis were found to be active against Trypanosoma brucei."

Etymology

Actinodaphne + -ine

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ine

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does actinodaphnine mean?: An alkaloid isolated from various plants, including Actinodaphne hookeri, Cassytha filiformis and Litsea monopetala (syn. Litsea polyantha), and investigated for its medicinal properties.
Where does actinodaphnine come from?: Actinodaphne + -ine

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