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Polyphenol vs Polyprenol - What's the difference?

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In chemistry terms the difference between polyphenol and polyprenol

is that polyphenol is any of a large class of organic compounds, of plant origin, having more than one phenol group; they tend to be colourful and to have antioxidant properties while polyprenol is any prenol having more than four isoprene units.

polyphenol

English

Noun

(wikipedia polyphenol) (en noun)
  • (chemistry) any of a large class of organic compounds, of plant origin, having more than one phenol group; they tend to be colourful and to have antioxidant properties

    • Related terms

    * polyhydroxyphenol

    See also

    *tannin

    polyprenol

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) any prenol having more than four isoprene units

    • Related terms

    * polyprenoid