Found 2 items, similar to Quinone.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: quinone
quinone
n : any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including
several that are biologically important as coenzymes or
acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes [syn:
benzoquinone]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Quinone
Quinone
\Qui"none\, n. [Quinine + ketone.] (Chem.)
A crystalline substance,
C6H4O2 (called also
benzoketone), first obtained by the oxidation of quinic
acid and regarded as a double ketone; also, by extension, any
one of the series of which quinone proper is the type.
[Written also
chinone,
kinone.]
[1913 Webster]