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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SAFROLE

From (sas)safr(as) + -ole1.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SAFROLE

safrole  [ˈsæfrəʊl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SAFROLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Safrole 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 SAFROLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Safrole

Safrole, also known as shikimol, is a phenylpropene. It is a colorless or slightly yellow oily liquid typically extracted from the root-bark or the fruit of sassafras plants in the form of sassafras oil, or is synthesized from catechol or other related methylenedioxy compounds. It is the principal component of brown camphor oil, and is found in small amounts in a wide variety of plants, where it functions as a natural pesticide. Ocotea cymbarum oil made from Ocotea pretiosa, a plant growing in Brazil, and sassafras oil made from Sassafras albidum, a tree growing in eastern North America, are the main natural sources for safrole. It has a characteristic "sweet-shop" aroma. It is a precursor in the synthesis of the insecticide synergist piperonyl butoxide, the fragrance piperonal via isosafrole, and the empathogenic/entactogenic drug MDMA.

Definition of safrole in the English dictionary

The definition of safrole in the dictionary is a colourless or yellowish oily water-insoluble liquid present in sassafras and camphor oils and used in soaps and perfumes. Formula: C10H10O2.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SAFROLE


casserole
ˈkæsəˌrəʊl
control
kənˈtrəʊl
drole
drəʊl
parole
pəˈrəʊl
patrol
pəˈtrəʊl
payroll
ˈpeɪˌrəʊl
rock-and-roll
ˌrɒkənˈrəʊl
role
rəʊl
roll
rəʊl
scroll
skrəʊl
stroll
strəʊl
Tirol
tɪˈrəʊl
troll
trəʊl
Tyrol
tɪˈrəʊl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SAFROLE

safety-deposit
safety-deposit box
safetyman
saffian
safflower
saffron
saffron powder
saffron rice
saffron strands
saffron threads
saffron yellow
saffron-coloured
saffroned
saffrony
Safi
Safid Rud
safranin
safranine
safrol
saft

WORDS THAT END LIKE SAFROLE

banderole
barcarole
board of parole
controle
escarole
fumarole
gender role
leading role
multirole
on parole
profiterole
prole
pyrrole
rigamarole
rigmarole
speaking role
starring role
supporting role
tetrapyrrole
title role

Synonyms and antonyms of safrole in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «safrole» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SAFROLE

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

Translator English - Chinese

黄樟素
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

safrol
570 millions of speakers

English

safrole
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

safrole
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بالسافرول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сафрол
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

safrol
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

safrole
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

safrole
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Safrole
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Safrol
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サフロール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사프 롤
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Safrole
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Safrole
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

safrole
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुरक्षितता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

safrole
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

safrolo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

izosafrol
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сафрол
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

safrol
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σαφρόλη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

safrol
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

safrol
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

safrol
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of safrole

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SAFROLE»

The term «safrole» is normally little used and occupies the 117.619 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SAFROLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «safrole» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «safrole» 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 safrole

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAFROLE»

Discover the use of safrole in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to safrole and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Kings Chem Guide
Chemical structure of Safrole: 3D Structure 01 3D Structure 02 Chemical structure of Safrole 3D Structure(s) C10H10O2 Structure make-up Condensed chemical structure Safrole Safrole forms a colorless to slightly yellow liquid with the odor of ...
Jared Ledgard, 2006
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Precursors and Chemicals Frequently Used in the Illicit ...
whether both substances were formed during an attempt to manufacture one or the other from, for example, safrole. The Board commends the authorities concerned for using a controlled delivery and urges all Governments to make more use ...
International Narcotics Control Board, 2006
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Analyzing Food for Nutrition Labeling and Hazardous Contaminants
Safrole, or 4-allyl- 1 ,2-methylenedioxybenzene (Fig. 8), makes up about 80% of sassafras oil from the root bark of Sassafras albidium (Lauraceae). It is also a component in anise oil, camphor oil, nutmeg, mace, cinnamon leaf oil, oil of cassia, ...
Ike Jeon, 1994
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Handbook of Human Toxicology
A good review of the physical and chemical properties of safrole and related compounds can be found by Woo et a!. ( 1988).4 About 30 alkenylbenzenes and related compounds have been found naturally.5 Eleven have been assessed for  ...
Edward J. Massaro, 1997
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Handbook of Natural Toxins
E. Safrole and Other Alkenylbenzene Derivatives Safrole (4-ally1- 1,2- methylenedioxybenzene) (Fig. 6) is the principal constituent of sassafras oil [ Sassafras albidum (Nutt.) Nees] (Lauraceae), Brazilian sassafras oil (Ocotea cymbarum HBK.
Richard F. Keeler, Anthony T. Tu, 1983
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Handbook of Toxinology
Safrole Safrole is one of a large group of propenylic and allyllic benzene derivatives that occur naturally in plants, primarily in the oils of spices and herbs. Safrole has been used medicinally in the past as a topical antiseptic, pediculicide and ...
W. T. Shier, 1990
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Poisonous Plant Contamination of Edible Plants
Metabolization of safrole. correlations between the consumption of coffee or tea and various cancers have been published, but later studies failed to confirm the observed associations. The results of some studies using experimental animals ...
Dr. Abdel-Fatta Rizk, 1990
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Report on Carcinogens (12th Ed. )
Safrole has also been used as a preservative in mucilage and library paste and as a flotation frother. Oil of sassafras, which contains safrole, was formerly used to flavor some soft drinks, such as root beer. However, this use or any other ...
Nat. Toxicology Program (NTP) (NIH), 2011
9
Food Flavors: Formation, Analysis and Packaging Influences: ...
Sassafras leaves and commercial file powders normally do not contain any safrole but may contain up to trace quantities (average 0.66% of oil). Sassafras leaves are permitted by FDA in foods if safrolefree. Yet, while toxic to humans, safrole ...
E.T. Contis, C.-T. Ho, C.J. Mussinan, 1998
10
Functions of Plant Secondary Metabolites and Their ...
Among the genotoxic phenylpropanoids, safrole and the chemically-related estragole and p-asarone, are the most important DNA-damaging agents. Safrole (Fig. 2.13) and estragole are CH CM — — CH, ! •o OH Cvtochrome P450 enzymes ...
Michael Wink, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SAFROLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term safrole is used in the context of the following news items.
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Police torch 16 tonnes of ecstasy precursors
Workers at the Bangpoo Industrial Estate in Samut Prakan prepare to incinerate 16 tonnes of isosafrole and safrole chemicals, precursor drugs for the production ... «Bangkok Post, Jun 15»
2
'Ecstasy oil' smuggler gets probation
Safrole oil has been banned for consumption by the Food and Drug administration due to carcinogenic effects in animals. Harrison says Langlois was using the ... «Hawaii News Now, May 15»
3
Man who smuggled ecstasy ingredient to Hawaii gets probation
Wolfgang Hans Langlois' Hawaii driver's license. Langlois, a German citizen who lives in Hawaii, faces sentencing, Thursday, for smuggling safrole oil, a type of ... «Honolulu Star-Advertiser, May 15»
4
Youth meth use on the rise
Mainly found in the Cardamom Mountains, safrole has been used in the small-scale production of traditional remedies for centuries. But large-scale production ... «The Phnom Penh Post, Mar 15»
5
Ecstasy Precursor Shows How to Reduce Alcohol Cancer Risk …
The added molecule safrole (purple) sits inside the ALDH3A1 enzyme (blue), making the compound better able to bind and break down alcohol products in the ... «Scientific American, Feb 15»
6
100 People Have Died In The UK From Fake Ecstasy
Ecstasy and Molly's main ingredient is Safrole. The precursor to MDMA was made illegal through international attempts to halt the production and distribution of ... «Dance Music Northwest, Jan 15»
7
Lack of safrole can't stop menace
Safrole oil, also known as sassafras oil, is distilled in Cambodia by boiling the roots and bark of a fragrant and rare tree known in Khmer as mreah prov mhnom. «The Phnom Penh Post, Jan 15»
8
The Superman pill deaths are the result of our illogical drugs policy
In 2010 there was a massive seizure of 50 tonnes of safrole in Thailand. ... the ideal alternative, as it is chemically very similar to safrole, so this was used. «The Guardian, Jan 15»
9
DIY Drugs and the Digital Future of Getting High
The answer was, the United Nations [Office of Drugs and Crime] in 2008 burned 33 tons of safrole oil [a precursor used to make MDMA, which it had confiscated ... «Pacific Standard, Dec 14»
10
Tamarind Nutritional Facts: Contains Limonene, Geraniol, Safrole
Tamarind fruit contains many volatile phytochemicals such as limonene, geraniol, safrole, cinnamic acid, methyl salicylate, pyrazine and alkylthiazoles. Together ... «Youth Health Magzine, Dec 14»

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