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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A crystalline, neutral substance, C20H16O6, found in red sandalwood, Pterocarpus santalinus, from which it is extracted with ether, after treatment with slaked lime.

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  • (involved in the biosynthesis of the pterocarpin phytoalexin maackiain, cytochrome P450 - dependent monooxygenase [1,3]) (Reversibility: ir [1, 3]) [1, 3] P

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