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dehydrokahweol

dehydrokahweol noun: any dehydro- derivative of kahweol, but especially 11,12-dehydrokahweol that is present in roasted coffee.

Noun

dehydrokahweol (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) Any dehydro- derivative of kahweol, but especially 11,12-dehydrokahweol 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 dehydrokahweol

From dehydro- + kahweol.

Questions about dehydrokahweol

What does dehydrokahweol mean?
Dehydrokahweol means any dehydro- derivative of kahweol, but especially 11,12-dehydrokahweol that is present in roasted coffee.
What part of speech is dehydrokahweol?
Dehydrokahweol is a noun.

Words near dehydrokahweol in the dictionary

  1. dehydrohalogenates
  2. dehydrohalogenating
  3. dehydrohalogenation
  4. dehydrohalogenations
  5. dehydroisoandrosterone
  6. dehydrokahweol
  7. dehydrolase
  8. dehydrolases
  9. dehydroleucodine
  10. dehydromethionine
  11. dehydromorphine

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