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  • noun organic chemistry 1,4-benzopyrone, a derivative of benzopyran with a substituted keto group on the pyran ring.

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Examples

  • Sperl B, Reindl W, Kiessling A, Berg T (2008) Discovery of chromone-based inhibitors of the transcription factor STAT5.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yo-Ping Lai et al. 2009

  • At Fisons, Slinn worked on the synthesis and spectroscopic characterisation of novel chromone analogues of the newly-discovered asthma and allergy drug, sodium cromoglycate (FPL

    SciScoop Science News David Bradley 2010

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