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glycerol

[ glis-uh-rawl, -rol ]

noun

  1. a colorless, odorless, syrupy, sweet liquid, C 3 H 8 O 3 , usually obtained by the saponification of natural fats and oils: used for sweetening and preserving food, in the manufacture of cosmetics, perfumes, inks, and certain glues and cements, as a solvent and automobile antifreeze, and in medicine in suppositories and skin emollients.


glycerol

/ ˈɡ±ôɪ²õəˌ°ùÉ’±ô /

noun

  1. a colourless or pale yellow odourless sweet-tasting syrupy liquid; 1,2,3-propanetriol: a by-product of soap manufacture, used as a solvent, antifreeze, plasticizer, and sweetener ( E422 ). Formula: C 3 H 8 O 3 Also called (not in technical usage)glycerineglycerin
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glycerol

/ ²µ±ôÄ­²õ′ə-°ùô±ô′ /

  1. A sweet, syrupy liquid obtained from animal fats and oils or by the fermentation of glucose. It is used as a solvent, sweetener, and antifreeze and in making explosives and soaps. Glycerol consists of a propane molecule attached to three hydroxyl (OH) groups. Also called glycerin, glycerine. Chemical formula: C 3 H 8 O 3 .
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of glycerol1

First recorded in 1880–85; glycer(in) + -ol 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of glycerol1

C19: from glycer ( ine ) + -ol 1
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In countries with no sugar tax, they contain much more glucose and often no glycerol at all, the authors say.

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The Food Standards Agency advises drinks with glycerol are not suitable for children under age four – but it is not mandatory for companies to print this on food labels.

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The result is the spillover of free fatty acids and glycerol from fat tissue, a process called lipolysis, that has gone out of control.

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It turns out that fatty acids and glycerol may have undergone phosphorylation to create that more stable, double chain structure.

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These children had low blood glucose and high levels of glycerol before recovering.

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