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- noun organic chemistry A
sesquiterpene alcohol that is present in manyessential oils and is involved in thebiosynthesis ofcholesterol
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Examples
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Johannes asked me what the Lipinski Rule of Five for farnesol is, in reply to the matching XMPP cloud service.
Archive 2009-05-01 Egon Willighagen 2009
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Johannes asked me what the Lipinski Rule of Five for farnesol is, in reply to the matching XMPP cloud service.
/me is having Bioclipse/XMPP/RDF fun Egon Willighagen 2009
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The heart is powdery and floral but not as indolic as Mimosaique or Une Fleur de Cassie, as the presence of jasmine is tampered by the lightness of farnesol and linalol in lily of the valley and lilac and the melancholy powder of violets.
Archive 2007-04-01 Ayala Sender 2007
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The heart is powdery and floral but not as indolic as Mimosaique or Une Fleur de Cassie, as the presence of jasmine is tampered by the lightness of farnesol and linalol in lily of the valley and lilac and the melancholy powder of violets.
Farnesiana Ayala Sender 2007
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The principle constituent of linden blossom is farnesol.
Fiori di Tiglio Ayala Sender 2007
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The principle constituent of linden blossom is farnesol.
Archive 2007-05-01 Ayala Sender 2007
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Other floral notes of the green floral category are hyacinth, linden blossom (which, like lily of the valley, is high in its farnesol content), neroli (orange flower essential oil), violet leaf, boronia and freesia.
Archive 2007-10-01 Ayala Sender 2007
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Other floral notes of the green floral category are hyacinth, linden blossom (which, like lily of the valley, is high in its farnesol content), neroli (orange flower essential oil), violet leaf, boronia and freesia.
The Many Colours of White Ayala Sender 2007
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In the perfumery and sesquiterpene domain the total syntheses of nerolidol and farnesol were carried through.
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When tested on a model tooth surface the micelles were able to swiftly bind and gradually release the encapsulated farnesol.
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