xanthene

xanthene
1. The basic structure of many natural products, drugs, dyes ( e.g., fluorescein, pyronin, eosins), indicators, pesticides, antibiotics, etc. 2. A class of molecules based upon x. (1).

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xan·thene 'zan-.thēn n
1) a white crystalline heterocyclic compound C13H10O also an isomer of this that is the parent of the colored forms of the xanthene dyes
2) any of various derivatives of xanthene

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xan·thene (zanґthēn) the compound, (C6H4)2(O)CH2, or dibenzpyran, from which the xanthene dyes and indicators are derived.

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