methanolic

English

Etymology

methanol +‎ -ic

Adjective

methanolic (not comparable)

1. Submersed or dissolved in, or obtained with the use of methanol.
   • 1999, F. D. Gunstone, Lipid Synthesis and Manufacture, page 324:

     The catalyst solution (0.5M methanolic sodium methoxide) is made by dissolving dry sodium in anhydrous methanol and is stable for several months.

   • 2009, Purshotam Kaushik, Cyanobacteria: Antibacterial Activity, page 147:

     In the case Anabaena fertilissima only two extracts i.e. methanolic and ethyl acetate extracts were found active as compared to previously studied Anabaena variabilis.

Noun

methanolic (plural methanolics)

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (organic chemistry) A compound that contains methanol.
   • 2014 January, V Pereira, C Dias, MC Vasconcelos, E Rosa, MJ Saavedra, “Antibacterial activity and synergistic effects between Eucalyptus globulus leaf residues (essential oils and extracts) and antibiotics against several isolates of respiratory tract infections (Pseudomonas aeruginosa)”, in Industrial Crops and Products, volume 52:

     The isolates tested showed the highest susceptibility to the extracts with higher phenolic compounds content, ie the methanolics.

   • 2015, TB Saidu, M Galadima, ME Abalaka, AA Jigam, “Antibacterial activity of eight medicinal plants against Diarrhoea pathogens”, in Nigerian Journal of Technological Research, volume 10, number 1:

     Methanolics and aqueous leaf extracts revealed the presences of alkaloids, tannins, phenols and flavonoid in high amount in most of the plants.

   • 2019 May, Muhammad H. Alu’datt, Taha Rababah, Stan Kubow, Inteaz Alli, “Molecular changes of phenolic–protein interactions in isolated proteins from flaxseed and soybean using Native‐PAGE, SDS‐PAGE, RP‐HPLC, and ESI‐MS analysis”, in Journal of Food Biochemistry, volume 43, number 5:

     The residues remaining from removal of free methanolics after the heat treatments described in above section were subjected to hydrolysis with 25 ml of alkaline solution (0.1 M NaOH; pH 12.0) at 24°C/12 hr and then subjected to centrifugation for 10 min at 10,000 × g.