different between quinone vs quinolone

quinone

English

Alternative forms

  • chinone (dated)

Etymology

quinic acid +? -one, since it is one of the compounds obtained upon oxidation of quinic acid.

Noun

quinone (plural quinones)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic compounds having two carbonyl functional groups in the same six-membered ring.

Derived terms

  • benzoquinone
  • dioxyquinone
  • hydroquinone
  • orthoquinone
  • paraquinone
  • quinonic
  • ventiloquinone, isoventiloquinone

Translations

quinone From the web:

  • what quinone means
  • quinones what would you do
  • quinone what is it used for
  • what does quinine do
  • what does quinones mean
  • what does quinones mean in spanish
  • what do quinolones do
  • what is quinone cycle


quinolone

English

Etymology

Formed as quinol(ine) +? -one, after the German Chinolon.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: kw??n?l?n, IPA(key): /?kw?n?l??n/
  • (US) enPR: kw??n?l?n', IPA(key): /?kw?n??lo?n/

Noun

quinolone (plural quinolones)

  1. (organic chemistry) Any of several isomeric ketones derived from quinoline.
  2. (medicine) Any of a range of broad-spectrum antibiotics, related to nalidixic acid, based on this structure.

Related terms

  • fluoroquinolone

Derived terms

  • azaquinolone
  • isoquinolone

Further reading

  • quinolone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

quinolone From the web:

  • what quinolone antibiotic
  • what's quinolone mean
  • quinolone what does this mean
  • what are quinolones used for
  • what do quinolones do
  • what are quinolone drugs
  • what do quinolones target
  • what does quinolones do
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share

you may also like