Organic Chemical
quinones
qui·nones [ kwi-nohns, kwin-ohns ]
Subclass of:
Organic Chemicals
Definitions related to quinones:
  • Benzene ring with 2 para keto groups.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Hydrocarbon rings which contain two ketone moieties in any position. They can be substituted in any position except at the ketone groups.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (quinone compound) A class of organic compounds with the base structure of quinone, an aromatic benzene molecule containing a double ketone functional group.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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