Definitions
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- noun chemistry A type of chemical
synthesis that usescompounds isolated from natural sources (such as plant material orbacterial cultures) as starting materials.
Etymologies
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semi- + synthesis
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Examples
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We will quote here an example of the results obtained with Solanum sodomeum L., a source of solasodine, a raw material which can be used for the semisynthesis of steroid hormones.
Chapter 7 1991
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Mycobacterium xenopi DNA gyrase A (Mxe GyrA) intein using protein semisynthesis.
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