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polyene
[ pol-ee-een ]
noun
Chemistry.
- a hydrocarbon containing two or more double bonds, often conjugated.
polyene
/ ˈ±èÉ’±ôɪˌ¾±Ë²Ô /
noun
- a chemical compound containing a chain of alternating single and double carbon-carbon bonds
polyene
/ ±èűô′ŧ-ŧ²Ô′ /
- An organic compound containing at least four carbon atoms and at least two double bonds. Numerous naturally occurring plant pigments, such as carotenes, are polyenes.
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They detected pigments in the fossilised shells that belong to the polyene group of chemicals.
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It is so challenging that a new class of antifungals reaches the market only every 20 years or so: the polyene class, including amphotericin B, in the 1950s; the azoles in the 1980s; and the echinocandin drugs, the newest remedy, beginning in 2001.
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