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guaiacol
[ gwahy-uh-kohl, -kawl ]
noun
- a slightly yellowish, aromatic, crystalline substance, C 7 H 8 O 2 , resembling creosote and usually obtained from guaiacum resin: used in medicine chiefly as an expectorant and local anesthetic.
guaiacol
/ ˈɡwaɪəˌkɒl /
noun
- a yellowish oily creosote-like liquid extracted from guaiacum resin and hardwood tar, used medicinally as an expectorant. Formula: C 7 H 8 O 2
Word History and Origins
Origin of guaiacol1
Word History and Origins
Origin of guaiacol1
Example Sentences
Vanillin typically comes from vanilla beans or is synthesized from the petrochemical precursor guaiacol.
Smoke-tainted wines contain unusually high levels of odiferous, smoky-smelling products of burning wood called volatile phenols, including the molecules guaiacol, 4-methyl guaiacol and syringol.
This means that a smoke-exposed wine grape might have very few smoky-smelling volatile phenols like guaiacol or 4-methyl guaiacol inside it in smellable form, but have a lot of their glycosides as “helpfully” synthesized by the glycosyltransferases.
At first, scientists had identified only one compound that contributed to smoke taint: guaiacol, which affects taste and color.
In their initial experiments, he and his team created a standardised manure-like stench from a mixture of dimethyl disulphide, dimethyl trisulphide, diethyl disulphide, butyric acid, para-cresol and guaiacol.
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