enediyne (English, noun)
expansion: enediyne (plural enediynes)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound that has a double bond and two triple bonds.
glosses: Any of a class of bacterial products characterized by nine- or ten-membered rings containing two triple bonds separated by a double bond, many of which are highly toxic to DNA and used as antitumour agents.
Forms:
form: enediynes
tags: plural