Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
phenol .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word phenols.
Examples
-
Combining two known sources of phenols is twice a good for you as eating one known source of phenols!
Food Combos More Nutritious Together Than Separate | Lifehacker Australia 2009
-
AmphetamineCrown: The organic compounds in both foods, called phenols, stabilize your LDL cholesterol low-density lipoprotein, or so-called "bad" cholesterol when consumed together.
Food Combos More Nutritious Together Than Separate | Lifehacker Australia 2009
-
The organic compounds in both foods, called phenols, stabilize your LDL cholesterol low-density lipoprotein, or so-called “bad” cholesterol when consumed together.
Food Combos More Nutritious Together Than Separate | Lifehacker Australia 2009
-
Environmental scientists have known for years that an enzyme found in horseradish cleans certain pollutants called phenols from water.
-
Poisonous compounds called phenols are washed into the soil when rain hits their decaying leaves.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
-
Poisonous compounds called phenols are washed into the soil when rain hits their decaying leaves.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
-
Poisonous compounds called phenols are washed into the soil when rain hits their decaying leaves.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
-
The study speculates that the anti-cancer effect might be a result of compounds called phenols found in some coffee, but the researchers have no way of knowing what specifically the participants drank, said Hashibe, an assistant professor in the Department of Family and
-
A team of Spanish researchers believe the health benefits are partly due to compounds called phenols that have anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and clot-preventing powers.
WalesOnline - Home 2010
-
It was probably a very inefficient way of producing useful energy but it did produce as a by-product a very rich mixture of organic feedstocks such as phenols etc which were used by the developing chemical industries in the 19C.
Rabett Run EliRabett 2008
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.