sinigrin
sinigrin noun: 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.
Noun
sinigrin (uncountable)
- 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
- He also found that pea leaf powder treated with sinigrin gave no significantly different feeding response when compared with the effect of introducing normal leaf powder into the diet.2012, John Feltwell, Large White Butterfly: the biology, biochemistry and physiology of Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus), page 129
Origin of sinigrin
From the species name Sinapis nigra + -in.
Words formed from sinigrin
Questions about sinigrin
- What does sinigrin mean?
- Sinigrin means 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.
- What part of speech is sinigrin?
- Sinigrin is a noun.
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