picroside

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Noun

picroside (plural picrosides)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of a family of iridoid glycosides isolated from Picrorhiza species
   • 2015 December 12, “NGS Transcriptomes and Enzyme Inhibitors Unravel Complexity of Picrosides Biosynthesis in Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex. Benth”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Genetic interventions for developing a picroside production platform would require knowledge on biosynthetic pathway and key control points, which does not exist as of today.

Anagrams

• sporicide