picroside

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noun

Any of a family of iridoid glycosides isolated from Picrorhiza species

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Meanings

nounpicroside (plural picrosides)

plural picrosides

  1. chemistryAny of a family of iridoid glycosides isolated from Picrorhiza species

    Genetic interventions for developing a picroside production platform would require knowledge on biosynthetic pathway and key control points, which does not exist as of today.

    2015 December 12, “NGS Transcriptomes and Enzyme Inhibitors Unravel Complexity of Picrosides Biosynthesis in Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex. Benth”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sporicide
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APA

picroside. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picroside

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“picroside.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picroside. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “picroside,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picroside.

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