honokiol (English, noun)
expansion: honokiol (uncountable)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic compound (a dimer of allyl phenol) found in Magnolia grandifloris, used in traditional Japanese medicine as an as an anxiolytic, anti-thrombotic, anti-depressant, anti-emetic, and anti-bacterial. Used in Western medicine as a potent anti-tumorigenic and neurotrophic compound.
tags: uncountable
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