Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A liquid alcohol, C20H40O, used in the synthesis of vitamins E and K.
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- noun organic chemistry The
diterpenoid alcohol (2E,7R,11R)-3,7,11,15-tetramethyl-2-hexadecen-1-ol derived fromchlorophyll
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Examples
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The amorphous chlorophyll, containing phytol, is the unchanged natural pigment in the green parts of the plant.
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He has shown that chlorophyll is an ester, which on saponification with alkali can be split up into a previously unknown alcohol called "phytol", which represents about one third of the molecule, and a colour component called
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The crystallized chlorophyll is a laboratory product, an alkyl ester, which lacks phytol.
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