ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Perillyl

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Perillyl is a noun meaning (organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from perillyl alcohol.

Meaning

(organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from perillyl alcohol.

Example Sentences

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 ).

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pimeloyl, prolyl, pinacolyl, pyrrolidonyl, butylperoxyl, perillaldehyde.

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