Where does “heptaprenyl” come from?

heptaprenyl (English) comes from English prenyl — isoprenyl.

heptaprenyl (English): A polyprenyl group formed from seven isoprenyl moieties

Definitions

  1. A polyprenyl group formed from seven isoprenyl moieties

Ancestry of “heptaprenyl”, step by step

heptaprenyl traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English prenyl

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishprenylisoprenyl

via English hepta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishheptaseven
Every word from English prenyl
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