See Also: quinone(encyclopedia)
quinone(dictionary)
Quinone(medicine)
NAD(p)h dehydrogenase (quinone)(medicine)
dopa quinone(medicine)
quinone reductases(medicine)
quinone reductase(medicine)
sulfide quinone reductase(medicine)
quinone methide tautomerase(medicine)
quinone methide isomerase(medicine)

quinone (iou)



quinone noun. Also kinone. M19.
[from QUINA + -ONE.]
Chemistry. Any of a series of aromatic compounds derived from benzene and its homologues by the replacement of two atoms of hydrogen by two of oxygen; spec. = BENZOQUINONE.
'quinonoid adjective & noun (a) adjective resembling or characteristic of a quinone; having a molecular structure like that of quinone; (b) noun a quinonoid compound: L19.