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- noun organic chemistry A
glycoside of 1,5-vinyl-2-thiooxazolidone present in the foliage ofbrassicas
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One of the major types (sinigrin, also the major mustard precursor) tastes bitter itself but produces a nonbitter thiocyanate, while the other (progoitrin) is nonbitter but produces a bitter thiocyanate.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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One of the major types (sinigrin, also the major mustard precursor) tastes bitter itself but produces a nonbitter thiocyanate, while the other (progoitrin) is nonbitter but produces a bitter thiocyanate.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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