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monolignol

monolignol noun: any of a class of phenolic alcohols, found in plants, that take part in the biosynthesis of lignans and lignin.

Noun

monolignol (plural monolignols)

  1. Any of a class of phenolic alcohols, found in plants, that take part in the biosynthesis of lignans and lignin.
    • Given the presumed role(s) of monolignol glucosides in lignification, it was of considerable interest to next establish whether UDPG:coniferyl alcohol (CA) glucosyl-transferases exhibited any substrate stereoselectivity toward either E- or Z-monolignols.2012, Richard W. Hemingway, Plant Polyphenols: Synthesis, Properties, Significance

Forms of monolignol

pluralmonolignols

Questions about monolignol

What does monolignol mean?
Monolignol means any of a class of phenolic alcohols, found in plants, that take part in the biosynthesis of lignans and lignin.
What part of speech is monolignol?
Monolignol is a noun.
What is the plural of monolignol?
The plural of monolignol is monolignols.

Words near monolignol in the dictionary

  1. monoligated
  2. monolight
  3. monolights
  4. monolignin
  5. monolignins
  6. monolignol
  7. monolignolic
  8. monolignols
  9. monolimnion
  10. monoline
  11. monolinear

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