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dehydrocafestol

dehydrocafestol noun: any dehydro- derivative of cafestol, but especially 15,16-dehydrocafestol that is present in roasted coffee.

Noun

dehydrocafestol (uncountable)

  1. Any dehydro- derivative of cafestol, but especially 15,16-dehydrocafestol that is present in roasted coffee
    • This finding could explain the lower radical-scavenging activity recorded for RCO than for GCO. As regards the diterpenes, there is no consensus in the literature data regarding the decrease of kahweol and cafestol contents during coffee beans roasting, but it has been reported that dehydrocafestol...2015 September 15, “Investigation on Crude and High-Temperature Heated Coffee Oil by ATR-FTIR Spectroscopy along with Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Properties”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of dehydrocafestol

From dehydro- + cafestol.

Questions about dehydrocafestol

What does dehydrocafestol mean?
Dehydrocafestol means any dehydro- derivative of cafestol, but especially 15,16-dehydrocafestol that is present in roasted coffee.
What part of speech is dehydrocafestol?
Dehydrocafestol is a noun.

Words near dehydrocafestol in the dictionary

  1. dehydrobenzperidol
  2. dehydrobromination
  3. dehydrobrominations
  4. dehydrobutyrine
  5. dehydrobutyrines
  6. dehydrocafestol
  7. dehydrochloride
  8. dehydrochlorides
  9. dehydrochlorinase
  10. dehydrochlorinases
  11. dehydrochlorinate

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