noun
- A compound formed by the condensation of two or more molecules of a phenolic acid or related substance, commonly found in lichens and plants.
Usage: chemistry; technical
Examples
- Depsides are important secondary metabolites in lichen species.
- The depside structure consists of ester linkages between phenolic units.
- Researchers identified several depsides in the lichen sample using chromatography.
- Depsidones, which are oxidized depsides, also occur naturally in lichens.