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(biochemistry) A terpenoid best known as a plant hormone that inhibits seed germination and was once thought to be important in abscission.
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A red to violet pigment present in some Actinozoa
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A pigment (mixture of cytochromes) present in the sea anemone Actinia equina
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Alternative form of allocyanin [Synonym of neocyanine]
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(biochemistry) Any of a group of copper-binding proteins present in the photosynthetic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus
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(organic chemistry) A red pigment found in certain sulfur bacteria.
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A glycoside obtained from beets and used as a food dye, also known as betanin and E162.
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Any of the betalain pigments which appear reddish to violet, found in beets, chard, and Amaranthus tricolor
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(biochemistry) A green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, a product of heme catabolism, responsible for the greenish color sometimes seen in bruises.
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A valuable Peruvian bark obtained from Cinchona calisaya and closely related species, from which quinine is prepared.
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(biochemistry, organic chemistry) A green respiratory pigment found in many annelids.
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(organic chemistry) A colourless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance resembling gelatin, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of boiling water.
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A luciferin found in many aquatic organisms.
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The red pigment zoonerythrin.
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A dye, derived from gentian violet, that is used as an acid-base indicator and as a biological stain.
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Alternative form of cyanine [Any of a family of synthetic polymethine blue dyes used in photography etc.]
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(biochemistry) The pigment that gives the urine a bluish tinge in cases of cyanuria.
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(biochemistry) The red pigment of leaves, fruits, flowers, etc., in distinction from chlorophyll.
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(organic chemistry) A siderophore N-[3-[(2S,5S,8S,14R)-5,8-bis[3-[acetyl(hydroxy)amino]propyl]-14-(hydroxymethyl)-3,6,9,12,15,18-hexaoxo-1,4,7,10,13,16-hexazacyclooctadec-2-yl]propyl]-N-hydroxyacetamide;iron in Aspergillus fumigatus.
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(biochemistry) A histological stain used to identify chromosomal material or DNA in cell specimens, based on acid hydrolysis of DNA.
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A yellow pigment in Fuligo septica, capable of chelating metals.
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A brown nitrogenous pigment contained in the retinal epithelium; a variety of melanin.
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Alternative form of guaiac [(medicine) A paper treated with alpha-guaiaconic acid, used in tests to detect blood in the faeces.]
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(biochemistry) A small blue protein, present in bacteria of the genus Natronobacterium, that contains a cuprous copper atom.
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(biochemistry) A substance found in the blood of the octopus, responsible for its blue colour.
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(biochemistry) A respiratory pigment found in sipunculids, priapulids and brachiopods.
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A pale-green pigment, similar to hemoglobin but containing vanadium instead of iron, found in the vanadocytes of sea squirts.
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A blue pigment found in Vogesella indigofera and certain other bacteria.
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Alternative form of cyanophyll [(botany) A blue pigment supposed by some to be one of the component parts of chlorophyll.]
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(chemistry) A particular fraction of litmus.
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(biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from lignocellulose; used especially to describe the products of biomass.
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Any of a group of toxins produced in the manufacture of lignocellulose as a fuel
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A fluorescent pigment derived from a lipid
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Abbreviation of Löwenstein-Jensen medium. [A primary mycobacterial recovery medium composed of fresh whole eggs, defined salts, glycerol, potato flour, and malachite green.]
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A inflammable yellow powder found in lycopodium, or club moss.
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A primary mycobacterial recovery medium composed of fresh whole eggs, defined salts, glycerol, potato flour, and malachite green.
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A lipophilic stain with applications in cell biology, prepared through acid hydrolysis by boiling a solution of Nile blue with sulphuric acid.
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(biochemistry) A chromoprotein, present in gastropod eggs, that is a proteinase inhibitor.
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A light-harvesting carotenoid, a pigment related to chlorophyll that appears in the peridinin-chlorophyll-protein (PCP) light-harvesting complex in dinoflagellates.
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(biochemistry) A tetrapyrrole orange molecule involved in photosynthesis in cyanobacteria and red algae.
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A red stain used to visualize collagen.
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(biochemistry) A pigment found in many simple Anthozoa and some hydroids.
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(microbiology) A red pigment produced by certain bacteria.
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A bacterial pigment that is an iron chelate of pulcherriminic acid
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(biochemistry) A greenish-blue pigment, produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa, that is an antibiotic and antifungal agent
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(biochemistry) A red pigment produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
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Any toxic agent produced by combustion.
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An azo dye used to treat wounds and ulcers and as a histological stain.
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A resin obtained from the plant Stillingia sylvatica.
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A virtually calorie-free protein sweetener and flavour modifier.
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toluidine blue, a cationic dye used in histology
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(biochemistry) A yellow linear tetrapyrrole resulting from the breakdown of heme, produced when urobilinogen is oxidized by intestinal bacteria.
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(biochemistry) A colourless product of bilirubin reduction, formed in the intestines by bacterial action
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A blue pigment sometimes observed in the urine in certain diseases, especially scarlet fever.
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(biochemistry) A red pigment (chromophore) associated with the brickdust deposit.
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A red pigment derived from hematin, occurring in the urine.
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(obsolete) The yellow pigment in urine.
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Any of a class of blood pigments found in sea squirts, ascidians, and tunicates
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Any of a class of dyes, many based on indigo, in which a soluble form is used to impregnate a fibre or fabric and is then converted to an insoluble form.
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(cytology) The pigment Bismark brown when used as a biological stain.
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(biology) A violet pigment produced by certain bacteria.
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A mixture of agar with peptone, yeast extract, bile salts and crystal violet; it is used for enumerating coliform bacteria in dairy products
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The red pigment zoonerythrin.
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Any of a group of brilliant fluorescent yellow to pink to bluish red dyes characterized by the presence of the xanthene nucleus, known sometimes in colorless as well as colored forms, and used chiefly in dyeing textile fibers, in coloring paper, in producing fluorescent effects, and as organic pigments.
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Alternative form of xanthine oxidase [(biochemistry) A crystallizable flavoprotein enzyme containing iron and molybdenum that promotes the oxidation especially of hypoxanthine and xanthine to uric acid and of many aldehydes to carboxylic acids and that is obtained usually from milk or liver.]
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(biology) A yellow pigment.
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(biology) A xanthochrome-containing chromatophore, frequently a lipophore
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(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to xanthine.
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(biology) A red pigment found in some sponges and in the feathers of flamingos.
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