aloesaponarin

Etymology

Aloe saponaria +‎ -in

Noun

aloesaponarin (plural aloesaponarins)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a small group of anthraquinone derivatives that occur in the roots of Aloe saponaria
   • 2015 July 11, “Functional Characterization of a Ketoreductase-Encoding Gene med -ORF12 Involved in the Formation of a Stereospecific Pyran Ring during the Biosynthesis of an Antitumor Antibiotic Medermycin”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     It could be converted into two shunt products (DMAC 5 and aloesaponarin II 6 ) in the actVI-ORF1-deficient mutant strain.