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monolignols

monolignols is the plural of monolignol.

Meaning of monolignol

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

Questions about monolignols

What is monolignols the plural of?
Monolignols is the plural of monolignol.

Words near monolignols in the dictionary

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

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