Meanings
nounperillyl (uncountable)
- uncountablechemistryThe 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
Origin
- Englishperilla
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Englishperillyl
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