octadecanoid

English

Noun

octadecanoid (plural octadecanoids)

1. (organic chemistry) Relating to octadecanoic acid and its derivatives, but especially to polyunsaturated forms that are involved in the biosynthesis of jasmonic acid
   • 2015 July 8, “Transcriptional Responses Associated with Virulence and Defence in the Interaction between Heterobasidion annosum s . s . and Norway Spruce”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Many OPRs are part of the octadecanoid pathway that converts linolenic acid to jasmonic acid (JA), but 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid can also act as a mediator in the defence against necrotrophic pathogens.