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GLYCEROL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("glycerol" is a kind of...):
alcohol (any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation)
Derivation:
glycerolize (place in glycerol)
Context examples:
The family includes a subunit from heterodisulfide reductase and a subunit from glycolate oxidase and glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase.
(Cysteine-Rich Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
This species is motile, non-spore forming, esculin positive, forms butyrate, produces abundant amounts of hydrogen, and utilizes glucose, cellobiose, melezitose, fructose, sucrose, raffinose, melibiose, starch, and inulin, but not glycerol.
(Eubacterium rectale, NCI Thesaurus)
Fatty acids are stored as triglycerides in adipose tissue, in which each triglyceride molecule contains three fatty acids and one glycerol.
(Beta-Oxidation of Fatty Acids Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
A condition in which the death of adipose tissue results in neutral fats being split into fatty acids and glycerol.
(Fat necrosis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
A glycerol backbone covalently bound to a phosphate group in one position, and fatty acids in the 2nd and 3rd positions.
(Phosphatidic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)
Potent co carcinogens or tumor promotors, they are diacyl glycerol analogs and activate protein kinase C irreversibly.
(Phorbol Ester, NCI Thesaurus)
This species is acid fast, nonmotile, is unable to grow well in glycerol agar, produces pigment and has a slower growth rate than Mycobacterium fortuitum.
(Mycobacterium flavescens, NCI Thesaurus)
Binifibrate consists of two nicotinic radicals and one clofibiric radical esterified by a glycerol moiety.
(Binifibrate, NCI Thesaurus)
A glycerophospholipid with an enol ether double bond in the sn-1 position of its glycerol backbone.
(Plasmalogen, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)
In addition to LCTs and MCTs, this lipid emulsion contains egg yolk lecithin, glycerol, and the antioxidant alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E).
(MCT/LCT Lipid Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)
