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Isothiocyanate vs Glycosinolate - What's the difference?

isothiocyanate | glycosinolate |

As nouns the difference between isothiocyanate and glycosinolate

is that isothiocyanate is (chemistry) any salt or ester of the hypothetical isothiocyanic acid; or the -ncs radical or the ncs-1 anion; isomeric with thiocyanate while glycosinolate is (biochemistry) any of a family of toxic nitrogen-containing sugar sulfates found in all brassicas and many related plants in the presence of myrosinases, they produce the isothiocyanates responsible for the pungent bite in the flavor of these plants.

isothiocyanate

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Noun

(wikipedia isothiocyanate) (en noun)
  • (chemistry) any salt or ester of the hypothetical isothiocyanic acid; or the -NCS radical or the NCS-1 anion; isomeric with thiocyanate

    • Derived terms

    *allyl isothiocyanate (mustard oil)

    glycosinolate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Any of a family of toxic nitrogen-containing sugar sulfates found in all brassicas and many related plants. In the presence of myrosinases, they produce the isothiocyanates responsible for the pungent bite in the flavor of these plants.