GLYCEROL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does glycerol mean? 

• GLYCEROL (noun)
  The noun GLYCEROL has 1 sense:

1. a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils

  Familiarity information: GLYCEROL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GLYCEROL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

glycerin; glycerine; glycerol

Hypernyms ("glycerol" is a kind of...):

alcohol (any of a series of volatile hydroxyl compounds that are made from hydrocarbons by distillation)

Derivation:

glycerolize (place in glycerol)

 Context examples 

Mutations in the gene are associated with glycerol kinase deficiency.

(GK wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in the modulation of glycerol metabolism.

(GK Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the amount of unbound glycerol in a biological specimen.

(Free Glycerol Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Ambruticin interferes with the osmoregulatory system by activating fungal high osmolarity glycerol (HOG) pathway.

(Ambruticin, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in glycerol metabolism.

(Glycerol Kinase, NCI Thesaurus)

One of the starting materials for plasmalogen biosynthesis is dihydroxyacetone phosphate from glycolysis, which is used to form the glycerol backbone of the plasmalogen.

(Plasmalogen Synthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Another type of phospholipid is phosphosphingolipids that contain sphingosine instead of glycerol.

(Phospholipid, NCI Thesaurus)

Both the diacyl glycerol and products act as second messengers.

(Phosphatidylinositol, NCI Thesaurus)

Simplest form of dietary phospholipid consisting of glycerol bound to two fatty acids and a phosphate group.

(Phosphatidic Acid, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

The determination of the amount of free glycerol present in a sample.

(Free Glycerol Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)