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salicortin

salicortin noun: a phenolic glycoside 2-(β-D-glucopyranosyloxy)benzyl (1S)-1-hydroxy-6-oxo-2-cyclohexene-1-carboxylate that is a secondary metabolite in many plants.

Noun

salicortin (countable and uncountable, plural salicortins)

  1. A phenolic glycoside 2-(β-D-glucopyranosyloxy)benzyl (1S)-1-hydroxy-6-oxo-2-cyclohexene-1-carboxylate that is a secondary metabolite in many plants

Forms of salicortin

pluralsalicortins

Questions about salicortin

What does salicortin mean?
Salicortin means a phenolic glycoside 2-(β-D-glucopyranosyloxy)benzyl (1S)-1-hydroxy-6-oxo-2-cyclohexene-1-carboxylate that is a secondary metabolite in many plants.
What part of speech is salicortin?
Salicortin is a noun.
What is the plural of salicortin?
The plural of salicortin is salicortins.

Words near salicortin in the dictionary

  1. salicional
  2. salicionals
  3. salicoid
  4. salicology
  5. salicornia
  6. salicortin
  7. salicortins
  8. salicoyl
  9. salicus
  10. salicyclamide
  11. salicyl

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