noun
- Plural of depside; organic compounds formed by the condensation of two or more phenolic acids, commonly found in lichens and plants.
Usage: chemistry; technical; plural form
Examples
- Depsides are important secondary metabolites in lichen species.
- The researcher isolated several depsides from the plant extract.
- Depsides contribute to the antimicrobial properties of certain lichens.
- These depsides are formed through ester linkages between phenolic compounds.