Talk:Laurdan

Etymology & capitalisation

I can't find it in Wiktionary, so I'm unsure of its etymology.

What puzzles me is that it is being capitalised. Why not write "laurdan" in the middle of a sentence?

Is it a brand name? If so, then surely that fact should be mentioned, along with the owner/manufacturer.

Is it named after a person? If so, then mention the fact, but even then I don't think that's a reason to capitalise the chemical compound, in the same way that we don't capitalise radium or volts or fullerene. (Contra Granny Smith apple.)

—DIV (49.180.194.255 (talk) 01:29, 28 June 2022 (UTC))
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Various reports do capitalise the word ([1]), but not all do so (e.g. [2]).

—DIV (49.180.194.255 (talk) 01:35, 28 June 2022 (UTC))

Presumably the etymology is laur/Laur (from lauric acid, a precursor) + dan (from ???).

—DIV (49.195.87.64 (talk) 06:18, 28 June 2022 (UTC))

Pure speculation: dan from (Dimethylamino)naphthalen-?

—DIV (49.195.87.64 (talk) 06:20, 28 June 2022 (UTC))