rotenone
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English
Etymology
From Japanese ローテン (rōten) + -one (“ketone”), from Hokkien 蘆藤 / 芦藤 (lôo-tîn, “Derris elliptica”).
Pronunciation
Noun
rotenone (countable and uncountable, plural rotenones)
- (chemistry) A toxic crystalline substance obtained from the roots of derris and related plants, widely used as an insecticide.
- 2009 March 27, Ken-ichi Takeuchi et al., “Changes in Temperature Preferences and Energy Homeostasis in Dystroglycan Mutants”, in Science, volume 323, number 5922, , pages 1740–1743:
- The cryophilic phenotype of the atu mutant was alleviated to some extent by administering rotenone, a pharmacological inhibitor of oxidative phosphorylation, but not tolbutamide, a sulphonylurea that stimulates metabolic rate by raising the lymphatic concentration of glucose.
Synonyms
- nicouline (dated)
Derived terms
References
- “rotenone”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.