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acyl group

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Noun1.acyl group - any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group; "an example of the acyl group is the acetyl group"
acetyl, acetyl group, acetyl radical, ethanoyl group, ethanoyl radical - the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-)
chemical group, radical, group - (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
foryml - (chemistry) the negative univalent acyl radical CHO that occurs in aldehydes


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Aside from its role in the synthesis of the sex hormones, acetyl-CoA, of which Coenzyme-A is the important component, it is also important in fatty acid metabolism as an acyl carrier in the lengthening and degradation of long chain fatty acids by adding or removing acyl groups in the metabolic process.
The non-ionic surfactant comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of partial esters of polyoles with valence 3-6 and aliphatic monocarboxylic acid with 6-22 carbon atoms, alkyl diethanol amines with ailcyl group with 6-22 carbon atoms and alkyl diethanol amides with acyl group with 6-22 carbon atoms.
 
 
 
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