- leucopterin
- leu·cop·te·rin
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leucopterin
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leucopterin — lüˈkäptərə̇n noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary leuc + pterin : a crystalline alkali soluble compound H2NC6N4(OH)3 that constitutes the white pigment of cabbage butterflies and other lepidoptera and wasps and is convertible into… … Useful english dictionary
Pterinpigmente — Unter Pterinpigmenten versteht man eine große Gruppe von in der Natur weit verbreiteten Farbstoffen, die sich vom Heterocyclus Pterin ableiten. Sie sind insbesondere im Tierreich weit verbreitet. So findet man sie als Farbstoffe besonders in den… … Deutsch Wikipedia
pteridine pigments — A group of nitrogen containing compounds producing leucopterin (white), xanthopterin (yellow) the most widely distributed, isoxanthopterin (purple florescence) and biopterin (blue floresence); pigments important in the natural pigmentation of… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
pteridine — Azinepurine; benzotetrazine; pyrazino[2,3 d]pyrimidine; a two ring heterocyclic compound found as a component of pteroic acid and the pteroylglutamic acids (folic acids, pteropterin, etc.); simple p. derivatives ( e.g., xanthopterin, leucopterin) … Medical dictionary
pterin — Term loosely used for any of the compounds containing pteridine; specifically, 2 amino 4 hydroxypteridine. Some pteridines ( e.g., xanthopterin, leucopterin) still retain the p. root. p. deaminase an aminohydrolase catalyzing hydrolytic… … Medical dictionary
Leukopterin — Strukturformel Allgemeines Name Leukopterin Andere Namen … Deutsch Wikipedia
λευκοπτερίνη — η (βιοχ.) άχρωμη χημική ουσία που απαντά στα λευκά φτερά διαφόρων ειδών πεταλούδας. [ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Αντιδάνεια λ., πρβλ. αγγλ. leucopterin < leuc(o) (πρβλ. λευκ[ο] ) + pterin (< pter < πτερόν) + κατάλ. in] … Dictionary of Greek
pteridine — ˈterəˌdēn, dən noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary pter + id + ine; originally formed as German pteridin; from its being a factor in the pigments of butterfly wings : a yellow crystalline bicyclic base C6H4N4 that is a… … Useful english dictionary
xanthopterin — zanˈthäptərə̇n noun ( s) Etymology: xanth + pter + in : a yellow crystalline amphoteric high melting pigment H2NC6HN4(OH)2 that occurs especially in the wings of yellow butterflies and also in the urine of mammals and that is convertible into… … Useful english dictionary
