perillaldehyde
Definitions
perilla aldehyde: a natural organic compound found most abundantly in the annual herb perilla, but also in a wide variety of other plants and essential oils. It is a monoterpenoid containing an aldehyde functional group.
Examples
“Molecular dynamics simulations have⟳ shown that essential oil constituents like⟳ perillaldehyde or perillyl alcohol carrying more hydrophilic groups require⟳ more energy to traverse the membrane and have⟳ a 700-fold⟳ slower flip-flop rate than the nonpolar constituent limonene (Witzke et al., 2010).”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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