quinone
- n any of a class of aromatic yellow compounds including several that are biologically important as coenzymes or acceptors or vitamins; used in making dyes
- When oxidized this becomes quinone, which is a direct irritant.
- Branded with tongue-twisting names like alphatocopherol quinone and pantoyltaurine, the newly discovered substances, present in common foods, have been found to attack vitamins and .
- To ward off the beetles, Norris is now working to synthesize a quinone-like, nontoxic repellent that can be injected into the tree or sprayed on the bark.