an alcohol containing three or more hydroxyl groups; a polyhydric alcohol
Also called: polyalcohol
Word origin
[poly- + -ol1]-ol is a suffix used in the names of chemical derivatives, representing “alcohol” (glycerol; naphthol; phenol), or sometimes “phenol” or less definitely assignable phenol derivatives (resorcinol)
Examples of 'polyol' in a sentence
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Polyol dehydrogenases are also poorly studied in gastropods and other mollusks.
Alexandre Lobo-da-Cunha, Diogo Amaral-de-Carvalho, Elsa Oliveira, Ângela Alves, VítorCosta, Gonçalo Calado 2018, 'Mannitol oxidase and polyol dehydrogenases in the digestive gland of gastropods: Correlationswith phylogeny and diet.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5846779?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These results indicated the high potential of the ice plant as a polyol-rich high-functional food.
Sakae Agarie, Akiko Kawaguchi, Akiko Kodera, Haruki Sunagawa, Hide Kojima, AkihiroNose, Teruhisa Nakahara 2009, 'Potential of the Common Ice Plant, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum as a New High-FunctionalFood as Evaluated by Polyol Accumulation', Plant Production Sciencehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1626/pps.12.37. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There was also increased polyol pathway as assessed by aldose reductase activity and sorbitol levels.
Madhoosudan A. Patil, Palla Suryanarayana, Uday Kumar Putcha, Myadara Srinivas, G.Bhanuprakash Reddy 2014, 'Evaluation of Neonatal Streptozotocin Induced Diabetic Rat Model for the Developmentof Cataract', Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevityhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/463264. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Catalysts were obtained by the polyol method, using ethylene glycol as solvent and reducing agent.
S. Pérez-Rodríguez, G. García, L. Calvillo, V. Celorrio, E. Pastor, M. J. Lázaro 2011, 'Carbon-Supported Fe Catalysts for CO2 Electroreduction to High-Added Value Products:A DEMS Study: Effect of the Functionalization of the Support', International Journal of Electrochemistryhttp://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/249804. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In addition, foams modified by eco-polyol had higher flame retardancy, as compared to reference foam.
Joanna Paciorek-Sadowska, Marcin Borowicz, Marek Isbrandt 2019, 'New Poly(lactide-urethane-isocyanurate) Foams Based on Bio-Polylactide Waste', Polymershttp://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/11/3/481. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
When further increasing bio-polyol content from 20 to 40%, these properties dramatically decreased.
Xingyan Huang, Cornelis F. De Hoop, Jiulong Xie, Qinglin Wu, Dorin Boldor, JinqiuQi 2018, 'High bio-content polyurethane (PU) foam made from bio-polyol and cellulose nanocrystals(CNCs) via microwave liquefaction', Materials & Designhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127517309875. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The polyol pathway converts excess intracellular glucose into alcohols via activity of the aldose reductase.
Nermine Hossam Zakaria, Salah Ahmed Marzouk, Abla Ahmed Abou Zeid, Eman Saeed Gharaff 2014, 'Role of aldose reductase C-106T polymorphism among diabetic Egyptian patients withdifferent microvascular complications', American Journal of Experimental and Clinical Researchhttp://journals.sfu.ca/ajecr/index.php/ajecr/article/view/12. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)