flaviolin

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Noun

flaviolin (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) The naphthoquinone derivative 4,5,7-trihydroxynaphthalene-1,2-dione
   • 2015 December 15, “Diversity of ABBA Prenyltransferases in Marine Streptomyces sp. CNQ-509: Promiscuous Enzymes for the Biosynthesis of Mixed Terpenoid Compounds”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     The preparation of flaviolin was conducted according to protocol of Gross et al.