| 释义 |
lu·te·in
\ˈlüd.ēə̇n, ˈlütē-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: New Latin luteum (in corpus luteum) + English -in
1. : a red-orange crystalline carotenoid alcohol C40H54(OH)2 occurring especially in plants usually with carotenes and chlorophylls but also in animal fat, egg yolk, and corpus luteum; a dihydroxy-α-carotene — called also xanthophyll
2. : a preparation (as a hormone) from corpus luteum |