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Polyether vs Pectenotoxin - What's the difference?

polyether | pectenotoxin |

As nouns the difference between polyether and pectenotoxin

is that polyether is (organic chemistry) a polymer, such as an elastomer, in which carbon atoms of the repeating units are joined by a single oxygen atom while pectenotoxin is any of a class of cyclic polyether toxins, produced by dinoflagellates, associated with diarrhetic shellfish poisoning.

polyether

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) a polymer, such as an elastomer, in which carbon atoms of the repeating units are joined by a single oxygen atom

    • pectenotoxin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of a class of cyclic polyether toxins, produced by dinoflagellates, associated with diarrhetic shellfish poisoning