pinitols
pinitols is the plural of pinitol.
Meaning of pinitol
Noun
pinitol (countable and uncountable, plural pinitols)
- A cyclitol with antidiabetic activity, first identified in the sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana).
- Galactosylononitol and galactosyl pinitol A could also substitute for galactinol in the synthesis of stachyose from raffinose (Peterbaur and Richter, 1998; Hoch et al, 1999; Fig. 5.2, equations 10 and 11).2001, Ryszard J. Górecki, “5: Seed Physiology and Biochemistry”, in C. L. Hedley, editor, Carbohydrates in Grain Legume Seeds: Improving Nutritional Quality and Agronomic Characteristics, CABI...
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- What is pinitols the plural of?
- Pinitols is the plural of pinitol.
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