diene

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In case there is some confusion, a diene is a molecule with two double bonds.

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  • Measures of the compounds ability to prevent the auto-oxidation of lipid substrates, measured by the formation of conjugated diene hydroperoxides, showed that alpha-tocopherol performed the best (33 per cent inhibition), followed by delta-tocomonoenol (27 per cent), and the delta-tocopherol (25.5 per cent). —  FoodNavigator RSS
  • In 1950 Otto Diels and Kurt Alder shared the Nobel Prize for discovering the preparatively very useful diene synthesis. —  Sandwalk
  • Analysis of the extracted oils demonstrated a significant increase in FFA, p-anisidine, saponification, conjugated diene, conjugated triene, density, and color values for roasting periods of 10 and 15 min. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • In case there is some confusion, a diene is a molecule with two double bonds. —  The Unreasonable Man
  • Aber die Stunde nach Mitternacht diene nicht darzu. '[ —  The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology
 

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