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coniferyl alcohol en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) A monolignol, 4-(3-hydroxy-1-propenyl)-2-methoxyphenol, found in many plants.
    • 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. 1962, Forest Products Journal, volume 12, page 142:
    • 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. 2012, Richard W. Hemingway, Plant Polyphenols: Synthesis, Properties, Significance:
    • Coniferin is converted into grape-sugar and coniferyl alcohol under the influence of emulsine. 1875 December 14, The American Chemist, page 232: