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  • noun Plural form of quinone.

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Examples

  • Vitamin K2 is one of a group of fat-soluble vitamins called quinones that ensure that the body makes proper use of calcium for healthy bones, arteries and tissues (Med Chron, 2008).

    unknown title 2009

  • One plausible sequence much abbreviated is thus: 1. Insects produce quinones for tanning their cuticle.

    Kirk Cameron attempts to debunk Darwin 2009

  • Catalases and peroxidases appear along the output passage of the reservoir, ensuring that more quinones appear in the exuded product.

    Kirk Cameron attempts to debunk Darwin 2009

  • Anthraquinones are the largest group of natural quinones and historically the most important which for a long time have been used as dyes.

    Chapter 7 1991

  • The presence of quinones in the genus Cyperus as an aid to classification.

    Chapter 14 1987

  • Before leaving the phenols, mention must be made of the quinones, the use of which for tanning purposes was first protected by Ger.

    Synthetic Tannins Georg Grasser

  • Brissemoret et Michaud Sur une nouvelle classe de médicaments de la peau; les quinones peroxydes.

    Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943

  • The quinones are as such -- _i. e._, without being condensed -- substances possessing tannoid properties.

    Synthetic Tannins Georg Grasser

  • These fluids, which are mixtures of hydrocyanic acid, iodine and various quinones, can stain and irritate skin.

    BC Bloggers Wanderin' Weeta 2010

  • Most quinones, with coenzyme Q10 as their best known representative, are seen as very efficient radical scavengers and antioxidants, commonly acting in a way to protect the living cells from oxidative damage.

    innovations-report 2010

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