quinol
/ˈkwɪnɒl
/noun
Another term for hydroquinone.The presence of high concentrations of quinol in all membranes provides a basis for antioxidant action either by direct reaction with radicals or by regeneration of tocopherol and ascorbate.
Origin
Late 19th century: from Spanish quina (see quinine) + -ol.
- potation
- potato
- potato apple
- potato ball
- potato bean
- potato-beetle
- potato-bing
- potato blight
- potato-bogle
- potato bread
- potato bug
- potato cake
- potato chip
- potato clay
- potato crisp
- potato cyst nematode
- potato disease
- potato dumpling
- potato-eater
- potato eelworm
- potatoey
- potato eye
- potato failure
- potato famine
- potato fern