dehydrosqualene

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English

Etymology

From dehydro- +‎ squalene.

Noun

dehydrosqualene (countable and uncountable, plural dehydrosqualenes)

  1. (organic chemistry) An apocarotenoid intermediate in the biosynthesis of carotenoids