Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

andrastin

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-drastin
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of a family of fungal monoterpenoids, found in blue cheese, that inhibit farnesyltransferase

Example Sentences

"The species produces andrastin A, curvulic acid, penicillic acid and xanthoepocin, and has unique partial β-tubulin and calmodulin gene sequences."

Inflected Forms

andrastins (plural)

Phrases

andrastin A

Questions

What does andrastin mean?: Any of a family of fungal monoterpenoids, found in blue cheese, that inhibit farnesyltransferase

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