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phenolic glycoside

phenolic glycoside

9.7
A chemical made of a phenol part and a sugar part that breaks by acids, bases, or enzymes
  • noun
  • /fəˈnɒlɪk ˈɡlaɪkəˌsaɪd/
  • Specialized
translation icon : glicosido fenólico
  • Some plants store chemical defenses as phenolic glycosides to deter herbivores.

Examples

  • The laboratory synthesized a new phenolic glycoside with strong antioxidant properties.

  • Many phenolic glycosides exhibit antioxidant properties.

  • Enzymatic hydrolysis breaks down a phenolic glycoside into its sugar and phenol components.

  • The phenolic glycoside was isolated from the plant extract.

  • Enzymatic hydrolysis breaks down a phenolic glycoside into its sugar and phenol components.

  • Some plants store chemical defenses as phenolic glycosides to deter herbivores.

  • The laboratory synthesized a new phenolic glycoside with strong antioxidant properties.

Synonyms

glycoside
vsphenolic glycoside
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A chemical often in plants where a sugar is attached to another part used as medicine

refers to the specific case where that other group is a phenol

Surface Forms

phenolic glycoside singular
phenolic glycosides plural

Morphology

phenolic + glycoside

The noun phrase is directly compositional: 'phenolic' (=pertaining to a phenol group) modifies 'glycoside' (=a sugar-linked compound), so the overall meaning — a glycoside with a phenol-derived part — follows straightforwardly from the constituents. Although technical, this follows standard adjective+noun formation common across languages, so a learner who knows both component meanings can infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

The noun phenolic glycoside comes from two parts: a phenol (the active chemical) joined to a sugar. Imagine a plant hiding a strong chemical inside a sugar wrapper that it can 'open' when needed, and that picture helps explain why the name means a phenol attached to a sugar.