Get to know Lactone better with 2 real example sentences, the meaning.
Lactone meaning
A cyclic intramolecular ester derived from a hydroxy acid.
Using Lactone
- The main meaning on this page is: A cyclic intramolecular ester derived from a hydroxy acid.
Context around Lactone
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lactone
- In this selection, "lactone" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, homoserine, ahl and ring stand out and add context to how "lactone" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include acyl homoserine lactone ahl and whereby the lactone ring opens. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lactone" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lactone
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is during this colonization that the cells are able to communicate via quorum sensing (QS) using products such as N-acyl homoserine lactone (AHL). (25 words)
L -Galactose reacts with the enzyme L -galactose dehydrogenase, whereby the lactone ring opens and forms again but with between the carbonyl on C1 and hydroxyl group on the C4, resulting in L -galactonolactone. (34 words)
L -Galactose reacts with the enzyme L -galactose dehydrogenase, whereby the lactone ring opens and forms again but with between the carbonyl on C1 and hydroxyl group on the C4, resulting in L -galactonolactone. (34 words)
It is during this colonization that the cells are able to communicate via quorum sensing (QS) using products such as N-acyl homoserine lactone (AHL). (25 words)
Example sentences (2)
It is during this colonization that the cells are able to communicate via quorum sensing (QS) using products such as N-acyl homoserine lactone (AHL).
L -Galactose reacts with the enzyme L -galactose dehydrogenase, whereby the lactone ring opens and forms again but with between the carbonyl on C1 and hydroxyl group on the C4, resulting in L -galactonolactone.