Top definition. BLUF. An acronym for Bottom Line Up Front that is frequently used in informal military correspondence and internal/informal corporate e-mails to cover the main points of an e-mail so the reader can quickly understand what the e-mail is saying before reading the whole, lengthy e-mail. RE:urbandictionary.com.
Glycerol /ËÉ¡lÉªsÉrÉl/ (also called glycerine or glycerin; see spelling differences) is a simple polyol (sugar alcohol) compound. It is a colorless, odorless, viscous liquid that is widely used in pharmaceutical formulations. Glycerol has three hydroxyl groups that are responsible for its solubility in water and its hygroscopic nature. The glycerol backbone is central to all lipids known as triglycerides.
Glycerol is a 3-carbon molecule, which is produced naturally in the body as a result of normal metabolism. Although classed as an alcohol, glycerol plays a number of important roles in the body.For example, phosphoglycerides, which consist of a glycerol backbone bonded to two fatty acid chains and another alcohol, are an important component of cell membranes.lycerol is also used to store fatty acids in the body; in this process, three fatty acid chains are chemically bonded to a glycerol molecule â hence the term â triglyceride â.