Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A crystalline ketonic compound, C5H4O2, made by heating chelidonic acid. It melts at 32.5° C.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Org. Chem.) An unsaturated cyclic compound, C5H4O2, of which two varieties are known, α and γ. γ-pyrone is the parent substance of several natural yellow dyestuffs.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry Any of a class of
cyclic chemical compounds that contain anunsaturated six-memberedring with twodouble bonds , oneoxygen atom and aketone functional group .
Etymologies
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pyro- + -one
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Examples
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V. 38 (5) P. 607 Pharmacological and radioprotective properties of some gamma-pyrone derivatives (flavonons and flavonols).
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010
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V. 38 (5) P. 607 - Pharmacological and radioprotective properties of some gamma-pyrone derivatives (flavonons and flavonols).
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010
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Investigations of biologically active compositions and anti-radiate means among the gamma-pyrone are perspective.
Wil's Ebay E-Store amp;34; 2010
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Hong HS, Rana S, Barrigan L, Shi A, Zhang Y, et al. (2009) Inhibition of Alzheimer's amyloid toxicity with a tricyclic pyrone molecule in vitro and in vivo.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Yuan-Ping Pang et al. 2009
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