| 单词 |
farnesol |
| 释义 |
farnesol Chem.|ˈfɑːnəsɒl, -səʊl|
[a. G. farnesol (Haarmann & Reimer 1902, in (German) Patentschrift 149603), f. mod.L. farnes-iana, epithet of a species of Acacia, f. the name of Odoardo Farnese (1573–1626), Italian cardinal + -ol 1.]
A terpenoid alcohol, C15H25OH, that occurs in various essential oils and is used in the preparation of scents.
1904Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXXVI. i. 514 Farnesol, C15H26O, a new sesquiterpene alcohol, is obtained from various acacia oils, from musk oil, and from lime-tree blossom oil. 1949T. F. West et al. Synthetic Perfumes iii. 29 Pure farnesol appears to the casual observer to be an almost odourless oil. 1961New Scientist 2 Nov. 279/2 A relatively simple organic compound, farnesol (an open-chain terpene alcohol), has the same effects on immature insects as extracts of natural juvenile hormone. 1970V. B. Wigglesworth Insect Hormones iv. 68 Farnesol is..an intermediate in the biosynthesis of cholesterol and of carotenoids; although it had rather low juvenile hormone activity in insects..the natural hormone might well be a related isoprenoid compound. |
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