rotenone

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A toxic crystalline substance obtained from the roots of derris and related plants, widely used as an insecticide. countable,uncountable
    — 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.

词形变化

rotenones plural

词源

From Japanese ローテン (rōten) + -one (“ketone”), from Hokkien 蘆藤 /芦藤 (lôo-tîn, “Derris elliptica”).
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