Definition of Iridoid. Meaning of Iridoid. Synonyms of Iridoid

- Iridoids are a type of monoterpenoids in the general form of cyclopentanopyran, found in a wide variety of plants and some animals. They are biosynthetically...
- butterflies so that descendant larval bodies may better incorporate iridoid glycosides. Iridoid glycolyside metabolites appear to have a growth-stimulating effect...
- ends of the aglycone to form the different compounds. These contain an iridoid group; e.g. aucubin, geniposidic acid, theviridoside, loganin, catalpol...
- Nepetalactone is a name for multiple iridoid analog stereoisomers. Nepetalactones are produced by Nepeta cataria (catnip) and many other plants belonging...
- plantamajoside and isoacteoside. It also contains the iridoid glycosides aucubin and catalpol. These iridoid glycosides make the plant inedible to some herbivores...
- citriodora), or "lemon catnip", named after its lemon-scented leaves. The iridoid that is deposited on cats who have rubbed themselves against the plants...
- Nepetalactol is an iridoid. It is produced from 8-oxogeranial by the enzyme iridoid synthase. Nepetalactol is a substrate for the enzyme iridoid oxidase (IO)...
- Aucubin is an iridoid glycoside. Iridoids are commonly found in plants and function as defensive compounds. Iridoids decrease the growth rates of many...
- Chemical investigation of methanol extracted from this species yielded the iridoid glycoside theviridoside along with five phenylethanoid glycosides (verbascoside...
- forms) Monocyclic (single ring) Bicyclic (2 rings) Iridoids (cyclopentane ring) Iridoid glycosides (iridoids bound to a sugar) Steroids (4 rings) Hemiterpenoids...