benthocyanin

English

Noun

benthocyanin (countable and uncountable, plural benthocyanins)

1. (organic chemistry) The free radical scavenger 5-[(2E)-3,7-Dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-yl]-2-oxo-3-phenyl-2,5-dihydrofuro[2,3-b]phenazine-9-carboxylic acid present in Streptomyces prunicolor