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auxogluc

auxogluc noun: the part of a molecule that imparts sweetness to the substance.

Noun

auxogluc (plural auxoglucs)

  1. (obsolete) The part of a molecule that imparts sweetness to the substance
    • Instead of attributing the sweet taste of a given compound to one factor, the glucogene (Cohn) or glucophor, as we prefer to call it, we maintain that it is due to two distinct factors, a glucophore and an auxogluc. Any glucophore will form a sweet compound with any auxogluc.1919 June, Ernest Oertley, Rollin G. Meyers, “A New Theory Relating Constitution to Taste”, in Journal of the America Chemical Society, volume 41, number 6, page 855
    • Early structure-taste theories attempted to identify certain common structural features of tastants and to attribute a specific taste to these […] Altogether six glucophores and nine auxoglucs were defined.2012, Trevor H. Grenby, Advances in Sweeteners, page 4

Forms of auxogluc

pluralauxoglucs

Questions about auxogluc

What does auxogluc mean?
Auxogluc means the part of a molecule that imparts sweetness to the substance.
What part of speech is auxogluc?
Auxogluc is a noun.
What is the plural of auxogluc?
The plural of auxogluc is auxoglucs.

Words near auxogluc in the dictionary

  1. auxochromes
  2. auxochromic
  3. auxochromous
  4. auxodrome
  5. auxodromes
  6. auxogluc
  7. auxoglucs
  8. auxoheterotrophic
  9. auxologic
  10. auxological
  11. auxologist

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