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carotol

carotol noun: the bicyclic sesquiterpenoid alcohol (3R,3aS,8aR)-6,8a-dimethyl-3-(1-methylethyl)-2,3,4,5,8,8a-hexahydroazulen-3a(1H)-ol present in the essential oil of carrots.

Noun

carotol (uncountable)

  1. The bicyclic sesquiterpenoid alcohol (3R,3aS,8aR)-6,8a-dimethyl-3-(1-methylethyl)-2,3,4,5,8,8a-hexahydroazulen-3a(1H)-ol present in the essential oil of carrots

Questions about carotol

What does carotol mean?
Carotol means the bicyclic sesquiterpenoid alcohol (3R,3aS,8aR)-6,8a-dimethyl-3-(1-methylethyl)-2,3,4,5,8,8a-hexahydroazulen-3a(1H)-ol present in the essential oil of carrots.
What part of speech is carotol?
Carotol is a noun.

Words near carotol in the dictionary

  1. carotinaemia
  2. carotinoid
  3. carotinoids
  4. carotins
  5. carotodynia
  6. carotol
  7. carotte
  8. carottes
  9. caroubier
  10. caroubiers
  11. caroubin

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