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<chemistry> A white crystalline aldehyde having a burning taste and characteristic odour of vanilla. It is extracted from vanilla pods, and is also obtained by the decomposition of coniferin, and by the oxidation of eugenol.
(01 Mar 1998)
vanillate 1-hydroxylase, vanillate O-demethylase, vanillic, vanillic acid < Prev | Next > vanillin dehydrogenase, vanillism, vanillyl
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