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- noun organic chemistry any of a class of
bicyclic heterocycles formed by ring-closure from substitutedquinones ; examples withisoprene sidechains are the basis of numerous naturally occurring compounds, such astocopherol
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The name Vitamin E refers to a family of eight molecules having a chromanol ring and a 12-carbon aliphatic side chain.
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