Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A yellowish oily aromatic substance, C7H8O2, derived from guaiacum or wood creosote and used chiefly as an expectorant, antiseptic, and local anesthetic.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
guiacol .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A colorless liquid, C7H8O2, with a peculiar odor. It is the methyl ether of pyrocatechin, and is obtained by distilling guaiacum from wood-tar creosote, and in other ways. It has been used in the past for treating pulmonary tuberculosis.
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- noun organic chemistry A
naturally occurringaromatic organic compound with thechemical formula C6H4(OH)(OCH3), having certainmedicinal applications.
Etymologies
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Examples
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What's known is that a compound called guaiacol correlates to smokiness.
Sipping These Wines Is Like Smoking and Drinking at the Same Time Ben Worthen 2010
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Most wine doesn't have any guaiacol, though if it's aged in oak barrels it can end up with 20 to 50 micrograms per liter.
Sipping These Wines Is Like Smoking and Drinking at the Same Time Ben Worthen 2010
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Quantitative analysis, by means of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, identified guaiacol, 4-methylguaiacol, 4-ethylguaiacol, 4-ethylphenol, eugenol, and furfural in each of the wines made from smoked grapes.
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These volatile phenols vinyl guaiacol, p. 738 may suggest cloves and similar spices, but also a medicinal quality like that of plastic bandages, or an animal quality reminiscent of the barnyard or stable.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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It therefore includes some of the characteristic aroma components of apples, and others that are especially accentuated in apple fermentation; these include the volatile phenols that give animal and stable aromas to grape wines ethyl guaiacol and ethyl phenol, p.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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These volatile phenols vinyl guaiacol, p. 738 may suggest cloves and similar spices, but also a medicinal quality like that of plastic bandages, or an animal quality reminiscent of the barnyard or stable.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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It therefore includes some of the characteristic aroma components of apples, and others that are especially accentuated in apple fermentation; these include the volatile phenols that give animal and stable aromas to grape wines ethyl guaiacol and ethyl phenol, p.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Amongst polyhydric alcohols, the behaviour of the methyl ester of catechol, _guaiacol_ was investigated.
Synthetic Tannins Georg Grasser
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The sulphonic acid was prepared by heating guaiacol with concentrated sulphuric acid, the resulting water-soluble product possessing a light, brownish-green colour.
Synthetic Tannins Georg Grasser
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However, much relief is obtained from the use of steam atomizers filled with an aqueous solution of compound tincture of benzoin, creosote or guaiacol.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" Various
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"The researchers focused on a small amphipathic compound known as guaiacol. This molecule is linked with the smoky taste that develops when malted barley is smoked on peat fires, and is far more common in Scottish whiskies than in American or Irish ones, the researchers said."
-- https://www.livescience.com/60158-why-whiskey-tastes-good-diluted.html#undefined.uxfs
August 17, 2017