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perillyl en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English perilla Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English perillyl From perilla + -yl.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The univalent radical derived from perillyl alcohol.
    • 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 ). 2015 July 28, Morten Hyldgaard et al., “Isoeugenol has a non-disruptive detergent-like mechanism of action”, in Frontiers in Microbiology, volume 6, →DOI: