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isorenieratane (countable and uncountable, plural isorenieratanes)

  1. (organic chemistry) The aromatic carotenoid 1,2,4-trimethyl-3-[3,7,12,16-tetramethyl-18-(2,2,6-trimethylcyclohexyl)octadecyl]benzene
    • 2015 November 12, “First Record of Soft Tissue Preservation in the Upper Devonian of Poland”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Episodically, however, the environment witnessed dysoxia and anoxia on the sea-floor and even euxinia in the water column above, as documented by such specific biomarkers as aryl isoprenoids, isorenieratane and gammacerane [51 ].