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- noun organic chemistry A
pyrrolizidine alkaloid , found in seeds of trees of the genus Castanosperma, that is aglucosidase inhibitor
Etymologies
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Castanosperma + -ine
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Fassbender K, Gulbins E, Liu Y, Rieschel M, et al. (2002) Glycosylation processing inhibition by castanospermine prevents experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by interference with IL-2 receptor signal transduction.
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