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phy·tol

 (fī′tôl′, -tŏl′)
n.
A liquid alcohol, C20H40O, used in the synthesis of vitamins E and K.
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phytol

(ˈfaɪtɒl)
n
(Pharmacology) pharmacol a chemical alcohol that comes from plants and which is used to make or synthesize some vitamins
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Acacia catechu contains flavonoids; kaempferol, quercetin, catechin, and terpene; camphor and phytol. [27]
Revinage is rich in phytol, a precursor of phytanic acid, that is a ligand of Retinoid X Receptor (RXR) as shown by in silico studies.
tenuiflorus using GC-MS analysis were phytol, mosloflavone, N-hexadecanoic acid, Beta-D-glucopyranose, 1.6-anhydro and gamma sitosterol along with other minor phytoconstituents (Figure 4, Table 2).
The leaf of Anredera cordifolia contains compounds such as phytol, alpha-pinene, 6,10,14-trimethyl pentadecanone, neophytadiene, methyl hexadecanoate, methyl-9,12,15-octadecatrienoate, methyl-9,12-octadeca dienoate, and C-flavoneglycosides [9].
Thus, although we did not perform the direct analysis of chlorophyll content, changes in its amount are not excluded since gibberellin and phytol compounds can be originated from the same precursor (Fletcher et al., 2010; Taiz & Zeiger, 2010).
New Phytol 193(3):650-664 (2012); doi: 10.1111/j.14698137.2011.03983.x.
Among them, the most prevailing major compounds were phytol, a diterpene (peak area: 38.24%) (Figure 4(a)), carane, a terpene (peak area: 18.76%) (Figure 4(b)), and 1-octanamine, an aliphatic amine (peak area: 16.16%).
Its active ingredients including phytol and its derivative, hexadecanoic acid, 1-hexadecene, and pheophorbide related compounds have shown some promising results as anticancer when whole extracts have been used.