单词 | squalamine |
释义 | squalamine/ˈskweɪləmiːn /noun [mass noun] Biochemistry A compound of the steroid type found in sharks, which has antibiotic properties.In 1992, he discovered squalamine - a natural steroid that fights cancer by blocking off blood flow to tumours - in the liver of the dogfish shark....
Origin1990s: from Latin squalus (denoting a kind of marine fish and used as a rare term in English for 'shark') + amine. |
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