"glycosinolate" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: glycosinolates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} glycosinolate (plural glycosinolates)
  1. (biochemistry) Any of a family of toxic nitrogen-containing sugar sulfates found in all brassicas and many related plants. In the presence of myrosinases, they produce the isothiocyanates responsible for the pungent bite in the flavor of these plants. Categories (topical): Biochemistry
    Sense id: en-glycosinolate-en-noun-Ifw2uE82 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

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