quinone

IPA: kwɪnˈoʊni

(organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the same six-membered ring.

Examples of "quinone" in Sentences

Drink tonic water the quinone is a nerve relaxant and try Naphcon A eye drops.
The figure shows how the photosynthetically active components bacteriochlorophyll (BK), bacteriopheophytin (BF), quinone
The Zeta crystallin, quinone reductase, found in some mammals is transcribed from a lens specific promoter not present in other mammals.
He had just shown Mummy the letter he had written to Desmond Erb, apologising for correcting him when he wrote about 'the quinone structure'.
There is now growing evidence that supplementation with a substance that many nutritional scientists believe is a newly discovered vitamin, pyrroloquinoline quinone, or PQQ, may also help reduce the risk of various forms of dementia, including Alzheimer's dementia.