glycerol
chemical compound
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glycerol
Summary
glycerol is a type of chemical entity[1]. glycerol ranks in the top 1% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,821 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- glycerol is credited with the discovery of Carl Wilhelm Scheele[3].
- glycerol's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[4].
- glycerol's canonical SMILES is recorded as C(C(CO)O)O[5].
- glycerol's chemical formula is recorded as C₃H₈O₃[6].
- glycerol is a type of triol[7].
- glycerol is a type of alditol[8].
- glycerol is part of glycerol metabolic process[9].
- glycerol is part of glycerol biosynthetic process[10].
- glycerol is part of glycerol catabolic process[11].
- glycerol is part of glyceroneogenesis[12].
- glycerol is part of glycerol to glycerone phosphate metabolic process[13].
- glycerol is part of glycolytic process from glycerol[14].
- glycerol is part of glycerol transmembrane transporter activity[15].
- glycerol is part of glycerol channel activity[16].
- glycerol is part of glycerol transport[17].
- glycerol is part of glycerol-phosphate:inorganic phosphate antiporter activity[18].
- glycerol is part of glycerol-1-phosphatase activity[19].
- glycerol is part of glycerol kinase activity[20].
- glycerol is part of cardiolipin synthase activity[21].
- glycerol is part of glycerol dehydrogenase [NAD+] activity[22].
- glycerol is part of glycerol dehydratase activity[23].
- glycerol is part of glycerol-3-phosphate-glucose phosphotransferase activity[24].
- glycerol is part of diphosphate-glycerol phosphotransferase activity[25].
- glycerol is part of glycerophosphocholine cholinephosphodiesterase activity[26].
- glycerol is part of glycerophosphoinositol inositolphosphodiesterase activity[27].
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Works and Contributions
glycerol is credited with the discovery of Carl Wilhelm Scheele[3].
Why It Matters
glycerol ranks in the top 1% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,821 views/month).[2] glycerol has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] glycerol is known by 49 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]