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Meaning of "phytol" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PHYTOL

phytol  [ˈfaɪtɒl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHYTOL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Phytol is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PHYTOL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Phytol

Phytol is an acyclic diterpene alcohol that can be used as a precursor for the manufacture of synthetic forms of vitamin E and vitamin K1. In ruminants, the gut fermentation of ingested plant materials liberates phytol, a constituent of chlorophyll, which is then converted to phytanic acid and stored in fats.

Definition of phytol in the English dictionary

The definition of phytol in the dictionary is a chemical alcohol that comes from plants and which is used to make or synthesize some vitamins.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHYTOL


amatol
ˈæməˌtɒl
atoll
ˈætɒl
cyclitol
ˈsɪklɪtɒl
erythritol
ɪˈrɪθrɪˌtɒl
ethambutol
ɛˈθæmbjʊˌtɒl
eucalyptol
ˌjuːkəˈlɪptɒl
inositol
ɪˈnəʊsɪˌtɒl
maltol
ˈmɔːltɒl
mannitol
ˈmænɪˌtɒl
metol
ˈmiːtɒl
myoinositol
ˌmaɪəʊɪˈnəʊsɪˌtɒl
pinitol
ˈpɪnɪtɒl
santol
ˈsæntɒl
skatol
ˈskætɒl
sorbitol
ˈsɔːbɪˌtɒl
sotol
ˈsəʊtɒl
STOL
stɒl
VTOL
ˈviːtɒl
xylitol
ˈzaɪlɪˌtɒl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PHYTOL

phytogeny
phytogeographer
phytogeographic
phytogeographical
phytogeography
phytographer
phytographic
phytography
phytohormone
phytoid
phytolith
phytological
phytologically
phytologist
phytology
phyton
phytonadione
phytonic
phytopathogen
phytopathogenic

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHYTOL

air pistol
Bristol
Capitol
City of Bristol
duelling pistol
extol
horse pistol
pistol
starting pistol
State Capitol
the Capitol
Very pistol
water pistol
wittol

Synonyms and antonyms of phytol in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «phytol» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PHYTOL

Find out the translation of phytol to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of phytol from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «phytol» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

植醇
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

fitol
570 millions of speakers

English

phytol
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

phytol
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفيتول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

фитол
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fitol
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

phytol
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

phytol
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Phytol
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Phytol
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フィトール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

피톨
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Phytol
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phytol
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

phytol
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फायटोल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

fıtol
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

phytol
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fitol
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

фитол
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

fitol
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φυτόλης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

phytol
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fytol
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

phytol
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of phytol

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHYTOL»

The term «phytol» is regularly used and occupies the 69.227 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHYTOL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «phytol» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «phytol» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about phytol

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHYTOL»

Discover the use of phytol in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to phytol and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Advances in Phytol Research and Application: 2012 Edition: ...
Advances in Phytol Research and Application / 2012 Edition is a ScholarlyPaperTM that delivers timely, authoritative, and intensively focused information about Phytol in a compact format. The editors have built Advances in Phytol Research ...
‎2012
2
Safety Evaluation of Certain Food Additives
(i) (E,Z)-Phytol (No. 1832) Rats (number not specified) were fed diets containing 1% or 5% phytol for 3 weeks (equivalent to 500 and 1000 mg/kg bw per day). After 3 weeks, phytanic acid accounted for 2.3% of the total liver fatty acids and ...
Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives. Meeting, 2009
3
Nutrigenomics and Proteomics in Health and Disease: Food ...
PHYTOLS Phytol, a branched fatty alcohol, which is a carbon side chain of chlorophyll molecule, functions as a biomolecule that is involved in the production of energy from light. Phytol is one of plastidial isoprenoids and synthesized via MEP ...
Yoshinori Mine, PhD, Kazuo Miyashita, Fereidoon Shahidi, 2009
4
The Molecular Biology and Biochemistry of Fruit Ripening
Phytol comprises some one-third of the mass of chlorophyll and is generally considered to be the most abundant acyclic isoprenoid in nature (Volkman and Maxwell, 1986). Free phytol is generated during chlorophyll catabolism by ...
Graham Seymour, Gregory A. Tucker, Mervin Poole, 2013
5
Materia Medica: With a Pathological Index...
Phytol. . . 435 Puerpera, mania, Stram. . . . 593 Pulse changeable, Cupr. . . . 175 — very soft and weak, Phytol. . . . 457 — high Phytol. . . 459 — gone Phytol 457 — slow with vertigo, . . Therid. . . 682 Pupils dilated, Alum PS. 15 Stram 615 — with ...
Constantine Hering, 1873
6
Techniques for the Study of Mycorrhiza
In Endocytobiology IV (P. Nardon, V. Gianinazzi-Pearson, A. M. Grenier, L. Margulis and D. C. Smith, eds). pp. 91-98. INRA, Paris. Spanu, P. and Bonfante- Fasolo, P. (1988). New Phytol. 109, 119-124. Spanu, P., Boller, T., Ludwig, A., Wiemken ...
‎1992
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The Porphyrin Handbook: Chlorophylls and bilins : ...
Loss of the Phytol Side Chain The structure of //v-NCC-1 (1) was consistent with the loss of the phytol side chain from chlorophyll a (2a) as one of the first events of chlorophyll breakdown. In the early 20th century, Stoll happened to provide an  ...
Karl M. Kadish, Kevin M. Smith, Roger Guilard, 2003
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Biochemistry
A long hydrophobic side chain, the phytol group, contains four isoprenoid units ( five-carbon units that are basic building blocks in many lipids; Section 21.8) and binds to the thylakoid membrane by hydrophobic interactions. The phytol group is  ...
Mary Campbell, Shawn Farrell, 2007
9
Photosynthesis: Physiology and Metabolism
New Phytol 123: 247–253 Bonnett GD and Incoll LD (1992) The potential pre- anthesis and post-anthesis contributions ofstem interposed to grain yield in crops of winter barley. Ann Bot 69: 219–225 Bonnett GD and Simpson RJ (1993) Fructan ...
Richard C. Leegood, Thomas D. Sharkey, Susanne von Caemmerer, 2000
10
Diversity and Biotechnology of Ectomycorrhizae
New Phytol 120:227–234 Colpaert JV, Assche JA ́, Luitjens K (1992) The growth of the extramatrical mycelium of ectomycorrhizal fungi and the growth response of Pinus sylvestris L. New Phytol 120:127–135 Colpaert JV, Van Laere A, Van ...
Mahendra Rai, Ajit Varma, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHYTOL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term phytol is used in the context of the following news items.
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Researchers Develop Eco-Friendly Solution for Oil Spills
Derived from the plant-based small molecule phytol abundant in the marine environment, the new substance would potentially replace ... «India West, Jul 15»
2
Bio Tech Buzzers - Earth Science (ETST),Tauriga (TAUG),Plandai …
... Hemp CBD oils are Beta-caryophyllene, Caryophyllene Oxide, Myrcene, Terpinolene, α Bisabolol, α Pinene, Nerolidol, Ocimene and Phytol. «Techsonian, Jul 15»
3
Rhizobium–legume symbiosis in the absence of Nod factors: two …
Evolution of symbiosis in the legume genus Aeschynomene. New Phytol 200: 1247–1259. | Article | PubMed |; D'Haeze W, Holsters M. (2004). «Nature.com, Jul 15»
4
Earth Science (ETST), Medbox (MDBX), Cannabis Sativa (CBDS …
... Hemp CBD oils are Beta-caryophyllene, Caryophyllene Oxide, Myrcene, Terpinolene, α Bisabolol, α Pinene, Nerolidol, Ocimene and Phytol. «Techsonian, Jul 15»
5
Jurassic bark
... year a study from Daniele Silvestro and colleagues specifically looked at the effect of the great mass extinction events on plants (New Phytol. «Nature.com, Jul 15»
6
Oil Spills Are Destructive — the Clean Up Process Shouldn't Be
“We architect an eco-friendly, sacrificial, and effective green herder derived from the plant-based small-molecule phytol, which is abundant in the marine ... «Big Think, Jul 15»
7
City researcher's slick solution to oil spills
Unlike the silicone-based chemical herders that stay in the marine ecosystem for several years, our phytol-based herder degrades completely ... «Bangalore Mirror, Jun 15»
8
Finally those nasty oil spills can be solved in an eco-friendly manner
The new agent is made by deriving a plant-based, small molecule called phytol, which is already abundant in the marine wildlife environment. «Nature World Report, Jun 15»
9
An Eco-Friendly Chemical for Oil Spill Clean-Ups
Phytol-based herders aren't a universal remedy for oil spills, but in certain scenarios they could become the go-to mitigation strategy. «Pacific Standard, Jun 15»
10
Fungal endophytes of Vanilla planifolia across Réunion Island …
New Phytol. 2009; 182:314-330. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text OpenURL. Return to text. Mejı´a CL, Rojas EI, Maynard Z, Bael SV, ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Phytol [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/phytol>. May 2024 ».
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