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glycyrrhetinic acid

glycyrrhetinic acid noun: a pentacyclic triterpenoid derivative of the beta-amyrin type obtained from the hydrolysis of glycyrrhizic acid, used in flavoring to mask bitter tastes and in the treatment of peptic ulcer.

Noun

glycyrrhetinic acid (uncountable)

  1. A pentacyclic triterpenoid derivative of the beta-amyrin type obtained from the hydrolysis of glycyrrhizic acid, used in flavoring to mask bitter tastes and in the treatment of peptic ulcer.

Questions about glycyrrhetinic acid

What does glycyrrhetinic acid mean?
Glycyrrhetinic acid means a pentacyclic triterpenoid derivative of the beta-amyrin type obtained from the hydrolysis of glycyrrhizic acid, used in flavoring to mask bitter tastes and in the treatment of peptic ulcer.
What part of speech is glycyrrhetinic acid?
Glycyrrhetinic acid is a noun.

Words near glycyrrhetinic acid in the dictionary

  1. glycylproline
  2. glycyls
  3. glycylvaline
  4. glycymeridid
  5. glycymeridids
  6. glycyrrhetinic acid
  7. glycyrrhisoflavone
  8. glycyrrhiza
  9. glycyrrhizas
  10. glycyrrhizate
  11. glycyrrhizates

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