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...
- ends of the aglycone to form the different compounds. These contain an iridoid group; e.g. aucubin, geniposidic acid, theviridoside, loganin, catalpol...
- butterflies so that descendant larval bodies may better incorporate iridoid glycosides. Iridoid glycolyside metabolites appear to have a growth-stimulating effect...
- 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)...
- Nepetalactone is a name for multiple iridoid analog stereoisomers. Nepetalactones are produced by Nepeta cataria (catnip) and many other plants belonging...
- forms) Monocyclic (single ring) Bicyclic (2 rings) Iridoids (cyclopentane ring) Iridoid glycosides (iridoids bound to a sugar) Steroids (4 rings) Hemiterpenoids...
- Actinidine is an iridoid produced in nature by a wide variety of plants and animals. It was the first cyclopentanoid monoterpene alkaloid to be discovered...
- Catalpol is an iridoid glucoside. This natural product falls in the class of iridoid glycosides, which are simply monoterpenes with a glucose molecule...
- lavandulifolioside, plantamajoside and isoacteoside. It also contains the iridoid glycosides aucubin and catalpol. Plantago lanceolata is common in Europe...
- be isolated from the flowers of L. album. The plant also contains the iridoid glycosides lamalbid, alboside A and B, and caryoptoside as well as the...