| sol | 1. The sun. 2. <chemistry> Gold; so called from its brilliancy, colour, and value. Origin: L. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sol gel transformation | Transition between more fluid cytoplasm (endoplasm) and stiffer gel like ectoplasm proposed as a mechanism for amoeboid locomotion: since the endoplasm cannot really be considered a simple fluid and has visco elastic properties like a gel, the term is misleading. (18 Nov 1997) |
| sola | <botany> A leguminous plant (aeschynomene aspera) growing in moist places in Southern India and the East Indies. Its pithlike stem is used for making hats, swimming-jackets, etc. Alternative forms: solah, shola. Origin: Native name. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| solan goose | <zoology> The common gannet. Origin: Icel. Sla; akin to Norw. Sula. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| solanaceae | Family of flowering plants (order solanales). Among the most important are potatoes, tomatoes, capsicum (green and red peppers), tobacco, and belladonna. (12 Dec 1998) |
| solanaceous | <botany> Of or pertaining to plants of the natural order Solanaceae, of which the nightshade (Solanum) is the type. The order includes also the tobacco, ground cherry, tomato, eggplant, red pepper, and many more. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| solanaceous alkaloids | Alkaloids, mainly tropanes, elaborated by plants of the family solanaceae, including atropa, hyoscyamus, mandragora, nicotiana, solanum, etc. Some act as cholinergic antagonists; most are very toxic; many are used medicinally. (12 Dec 1998) |
| soland | <zoology> A solan goose. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| solania | <chemistry> Solanine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| solanicine | <chemistry> An alkaloid produced by the action of hydrochloric acid on solanidine, as a tasteless yellow crystalline substance. See: Solanine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| solanidine | <chemistry> An alkaloid produced by the decomposition of solanine, as a white crystalline substance having a harsh bitter taste. See: Solanine. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| solanidine glucosyltransferase | <enzyme> From potatoes; catalyses formation of gamma-chaconine (3-beta-o-glucosylsolanidine) from udp-glucose and solanidine Registry number: EC 2.4.1.- Synonym: solanidine udp glucose glucosyltransferase (26 Jun 1999) |
| solanine | <chemistry> A poisonous alkaloid glucoside extracted from the berries of common nightshade (Solanum nigrum), and of bittersweet, and from potato sprouts, as a white crystalline substance having an acrid, burning taste. Synonym: solonia, and solanina. Origin: L. Solanum nightshade. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| solanochromene | The chromenol (isomeric) form of plastoquinone-9. Synonym: solanochromene. (05 Mar 2000) |
| solanoid | <medicine> Resembling a potato; said of a kind of cancer. Origin: Solanum. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| gold sol test | An obsolete, non-specific test for altered proteins in spinal fluid. As originally used by Lange in 1912, the test was thought to be specific for neurosyphilis; however, this proved to be incorrect. Dilutions of spinal fluid are made in saline and to these a colloidal gold solution is added; if altered proteins are present, there is a colour change or precipitate formed. at present, its chief use is to demonstrate cerebrospinal fluid protein abnormalities in multiple sclerosis. Synonym: gold sol test, Zsigmondy's test. (05 Mar 2000) |
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