| carminate | A red salt of carminic acid. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| carminative | 1. Preventing the formation or causing the expulsion of flatus. 2. An agent that relieves flatulence. Origin: L. Carmino, pp. -atus, to card wool; special Mod. L. Usage, to expel wind (05 Mar 2000) |
| carmine | <chemical> Colouring matter from the insect coccus cacti l. It is used in foods, pharmaceuticals, toiletries, etc., as a dye, and also has use as a microscopic stain and biological marker. Pharmacological action: dyes, food colouring agents. Chemical name: 2-Anthracenecarboxylic acid, 7-beta-D-glucopyranosyl-9,10-dihydro-3,5,6,8-tetrahydroxy-1-methyl-9,10-dioxo- (12 Dec 1998) |
| carminic acid | A glucoside of an anthracenequinone carboxylic acid; the essential constituent of carmine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| carminomycin 4-O-methyltransferase | <enzyme> Isolated from streptomyces peucetius; catalyses the final step in daunorubicin biosynthesis; embl/genbank l13453 Registry number: EC 2.1.1.- Synonym: dnrk gene product (26 Jun 1999) |
| carminophil | Carminophilecarminophilous Staining readily with carmine dyes. Origin: G. Phileo, to love (05 Mar 2000) |