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sinagrin

sinagrin is the alternative form of sinigrin.

Meaning of sinigrin

Noun

sinigrin (uncountable)

  1. A glycosinolate glycoside found in many brassicas and related plants which is toxic in large quantities and responsible for the pungent bite of horseradish and hot mustard.
    • When these larvae are transferred to an artificial diet lacking sinigrin, they refuse to eat and, in fact prefer to die rather than accept food lacking what has become an essential attractant.1993, J. B. Harborne, Introduction to Ecological Biochemistry, 4th edition, page 139

Questions about sinagrin

What is sinagrin the alternative form of?
Sinagrin is the alternative form of sinigrin.

Words near sinagrin in the dictionary

  1. Sinae
  2. Sinaean
  3. Sinaeans
  4. Sinagra
  5. Sinagras
  6. sinagrin
  7. Sinagua
  8. Sinai
  9. Sinai Peninsula
  10. Sinaic
  11. Sinait

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