drosopterin (English, noun)
expansion: drosopterin (countable and uncountable, plural drosopterins)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A pteridine, 3,10-diamino-14-methyl-5,6,6a,6b,7,9-hexahydro-4h-pyrimido[4,5:2',3'][1,4]diazepino[6',5':3,4]pyrrolo[1,2-f]pteridine-1,12-dione, that is a red eye pigment of Drosophila melanogaster; any of a class of related compounds.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: drosopterins
tags: plural