| phloroglucin | <chemistry> A sweet white crystalline substance, metameric with pyrogallol, and obtained by the decomposition of phloretin, and from certain gums, as catechu, kino, etc. It belongs to the class of phenols. [Called also phloroglucinol. Origin: Phloretin + Gr. Sweet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| phloroglucinol | <chemical> 1,3,5-benzenetriol. A trinitrobenzene derivative with antispasmodic properties that is used primarily as a laboratory reagent. Pharmacological action: indicators and reagents, parasympatholytics. Chemical name: 1,3,5-Benzenetriol (12 Dec 1998) |
| phloroglucinol reductase | <enzyme> Catalyses the formation of dihydrophloroglucinol from phloroglucinol in the presence of NADPH; it functions in the pathway of anaerobic degradation of trihydroxybenzenes by catalyzing the reduction of the aromatic nucleus prior to ring fusion Registry number: EC 1.3.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |