apimaysin

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apimaysin (uncountable)

(organic chemistry) A glycosyl flavone, 5,7-dihydroxy-6-[4-hydroxy-6-methyl-5-oxo-3-(3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)chromen-4-one, found in maize silks
- 2015 August 13, “Maize Domestication and Anti-Herbivore Defences: Leaf-Specific Dynamics during Early Ontogeny of Maize and Its Wild Ancestors”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:
  The two maysin derivatives apimaysin and 3”-methoxymaysin were not present in any of the plant lines.