Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

coniferyl alcohol

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: conifer-yl al-co-hol
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A monolignol, 4-(3-hydroxy-1-propenyl)-2-methoxyphenol, found in many plants.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Coniferin is converted into grape-sugar and coniferyl alcohol under the influence of emulsine."
"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."
"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."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does coniferyl alcohol mean?: A monolignol, 4-(3-hydroxy-1-propenyl)-2-methoxyphenol, found in many plants.

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