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- noun Plural form of
quinone .
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Examples
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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
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One plausible sequence much abbreviated is thus: 1. Insects produce quinones for tanning their cuticle.
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Catalases and peroxidases appear along the output passage of the reservoir, ensuring that more quinones appear in the exuded product.
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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
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The presence of quinones in the genus Cyperus as an aid to classification.
Chapter 14 1987
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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
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Brissemoret et Michaud Sur une nouvelle classe de médicaments de la peau; les quinones peroxydes.
Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943
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The quinones are as such -- _i. e._, without being condensed -- substances possessing tannoid properties.
Synthetic Tannins Georg Grasser
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These fluids, which are mixtures of hydrocyanic acid, iodine and various quinones, can stain and irritate skin.
BC Bloggers Wanderin' Weeta 2010
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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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