- phenylthiocarbamide
- noun Date: 1879 a crystalline compound C7H8N2S that is extremely bitter or tasteless depending on the presence or absence of a single dominant gene in the taster — called also phenylthiourea, PTC
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Phenylthiocarbamide — Phénylthiocarbamide Phénylthiocarbamide … Wikipédia en Français
Phénylthiocarbamide — Structure chi … Wikipédia en Français
Phenylthiocarbamide — Chembox new ImageFile=Phenylthiocarbamide structure.svg ImageSize= IUPACName=phenylthiourea OtherNames= Section1= Chembox Identifiers CASNo= 103 85 5 PubChem=676454 SMILES=C1=CC=C(C=C1)NC(=S)N MeSHName=Phenylthiourea Section2= Chembox Properties… … Wikipedia
phenylthiocarbamide tasting — ▪ biology also called PTC tasting a genetically controlled ability to taste phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) and a number of related substances, all of which have some antithyroid activity. PTC tasting ability is a simple genetic trait governed… … Universalium
phenylthiocarbamide — phen·yl·thi·o·car·ba·mide (fĕn əl thī ō kärʹbə mīd , kär bămʹīd, fē nəl ) n. Abbr. PTC A crystalline compound, C6H5NHCSNH2, that tastes intensely bitter to people with a specific dominant gene and is used to test for the presence of the gene.… … Universalium
phenylthiocarbamide — noun The N phenyl derivative of carbamide; it is either tasteless or has a bitter taste, depending on the genetic makeup of the person tasting it Syn: phenylthiourea … Wiktionary
phenylthiocarbamide — SYN: phenylthiourea. * * * phen·yl·thio·car·ba·mide .fen əl .thī ō kär bə .mīd n a crystalline compound C7H8N2S that is extremely bitter or tasteless depending on the presence or absence of a single dominant gene in the taster called also… … Medical dictionary
phenylthiocarbamide — phenyl·thiocarbamide … English syllables
phenylthiocarbamide — PTC; n. a substance that tastes bitter to some individuals but is tasteless to others. Response to PTC appears to be controlled by a single pair of genes (alleles): ability to taste PTC is dominant to the inability to taste it … The new mediacal dictionary
phenylthiocarbamide — phen•yl•thi•o•car•ba•mide [[t]ˌfɛn lˌθaɪ oʊˈkɑr bəˌmaɪd, mɪd, kɑrˈbæm aɪd, ɪd, ˌfin [/t]] n. biochem. a crystalline, slightly water soluble solid, C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 , that is either tasteless or bitter, depending upon the heredity of the taster,… … From formal English to slang
