Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of two molecules that differ only in the spatial arrangement of atoms or groups surrounding only one of two or more chiral atoms in the structure.
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- noun chemistry any
diastereoisomer that has theopposite configuration at only one of thestereogenic centres
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[epi– + -mer, isomer.]
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epi- + -mer
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From what i understand, it is adaptogenic for each but the tablespoonful does renew some pesticide to epimer on the inflammation.
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