# photopyrone

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. The ketone 3-hexyl-4-hydroxy-6-(2-methylpropyl)pyran-2-one (and related compounds) that at as quorum sensing signals in Photorhabdus

## Etymology
From photo- + pyrone.

## Source
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