Meaning of coniferyl alcohol | Babel Free
Definitions
A monolignol, 4-(3-hydroxy-1-propenyl)-2-methoxyphenol, found in many plants.
Examples
“Coniferin is converted into grape-sugar and coniferyl alcohol under the influence⟳ of emulsine.”
“Higushi (54) reported on mushroom phenol oxidase prepared by the method of Freudenberg and its use⟳ for oxidation of coniferyl alcohol and related compounds and demonstrated that the enzyme product was a mixture of tyrosinase and laccase.”
“Given the presumed role(s) of monolignol glucosides in lignification, it was of considerable interest⟳ to next establish⟳ whether UDPG:coniferyl alcohol (CA) glucosyl-transferases exhibited any substrate stereoselectivity toward either E- or Z-monolignols.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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