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Etymology edit

glyco- +‎ pyranosyl

Noun edit

glycopyranosyl

  1. (biochemistry, especially in combination) A univalent radical derived from a glycopyranose
    • 2014 April 25, Deana N. Toussi, Paola Massari, “Immune Adjuvant Effect of Molecularly-defined Toll-Like Receptor Ligands”, in Vaccines[1], volume 2, →DOI:
      Another synthetic lipid A derivative, glycopyranosyl lipid adjuvant (GLA) has been used in combination with squalene (SE, an oil-in-water emulsion), and shown to induce strong Th1-type responses, enhance antigen-specific responses and have a good safety profile [ 82 ].