| Term Name: |
dimethyl diselenide |
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- (CH3Se)2
- (methyldiselanyl)methane
- 1,2-dimethyldiselane
- dimethyldiselane
- dimethyldiselenide
- diselenide, dimethyl
- diselenobismethane
- methyl diselenide
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| Definition: |
An organoselenium compound that is diselane covalently bound to two methyl groups. It has been detected in onion-family vegetables and soft-necked garlics. It induces ER stress and toxic protein aggregation in the budding yeast, S. cerevisiae and used as a reagent to identify distonic radical cations.
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ChEBI
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EBI
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